McDonnell v. Maher’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brownlow v. Schwartz · Sheridan v. Planning Board · Heitmuller v. Stokes · Nader v. Altermatt · Waterbury Hospital v. Connecticut Health Care Associates
Most-quoted passages
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“[w]ithout an actual controversy, the case is a hypothetical tempest in an appellate teapot”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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