McGregor v. Comstock’s Empirical Analysis
1853
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
March 1992
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“refers merely to future confiscations, and has no reference to attainders ... which had already become complete and absolute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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