Thompson v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
May 1979
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1401
Relies on Lemon v. Kurtzman · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Lemon v. Kurtzman · Johnson v. United States · First National Bank in Plant City v. Dickinson
Most-quoted passages
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“retroactive application of the tenants' procedural rights in this case would be unjust and inappropriate by reason of the financial difficulties currently being experienced by the . . . Project,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“), this court held that tenants of low-rent public housing operated by the National Capital Housing Authority (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“decided an issue of first impression whose resolution was not clearly foreshadowed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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