Harris v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · United States v. Marion · Harmelin v. Michigan · Rust v. Sullivan · Pollard v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]t is a well-established principle that '[a] facial challenge to a legislative Act is ... the most difficult challenge to mount successfully, since the challenger must establish that no set of circumstances exists under which the Act would be valid.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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