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107 S. Ct. 318

Porzig v. Nolden

Decided October 20, 1986

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a prosecutor's comments”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Ex Parte McWilliams

Cited together with Wrenn v. Ohio Department of Mental Health · Johnson v. Transportation Agency · Harcon Barge Co. v. D & G Boat Rentals, Inc.

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1986-10-20

How this case has been cited

Cited by 1,314 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2021 · most notably Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch (1989), United States v. Salerno (1987)

680 federal appellate · 64 district · 253 state decisions — followed in 28 states

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¶1Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

¶2Denied.

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