Fink v. Ritchie’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Boyd v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“use a properly worded amendment to settle the controversy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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