¶1C. A. 2d Cir. [Certiorari granted, 423 U. S. 1031.] Motion of the Solicitor General to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae granted and 15 additional minutes allotted for that purpose.
424 U.S. 953
Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1976
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1976-03-08
Relies on G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1976-03-08
How this case has been cited
Cited by 680 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith (1990), Mandel v. Bradley (1977)
348 federal appellate · 35 district · 106 state decisions — followed in 33 states
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