Demiragh v. DeVos’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Shapiro v. Thompson · Graham v. Richardson · Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge · Moody v. Flowers · Dunn v. Rivera
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he City failed to establish a necessary connection between the ordinance's one-year residency classification, as a qualifying condition precedent to establishing eligibility for welfare assistance, and the claim that its objectives were to alleviate a health hazard, because of inadequate local housing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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