Orr v. County Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell · United States Trust Company of New York v. New Jersey · Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power & Light Co. · 148 W. Va. 160 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · City of El Paso v. Simmons
Most-quoted passages
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““Although the language of the Contract Clause is facially absolute, its prohibition must be accommodated to the inherent police power of the State ‘to safeguard the vital interests of its people.’ Home Bldg. & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 434 , 54 S.Ct. 231, 239 , 78 L.Ed. 413 [426] (1934).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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