MacKay v. Rafferty’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1995
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2281
Relies on Baggett v. Bullitt
Most-quoted passages
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“essentially indistinguishable from the one declared unconstitutional in Baggett v. Bullitt, 377 U.S. 360, [ 84 S.Ct. 1316 ] 12 L.Ed. 2d [377] 3777 (1964).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“upon the violation of any terms of the oath or affirmation, the State Board of Education shall suspend or revoke the credential which has been issued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“subscribe to an oath to support the institutions and policies of the United States during the period of his sojourn within the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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