¶1C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 76-6634, 553 F. 2d 97; No. 76-6684, 553 F. 2d 98.
434 U.S. 839
McClain v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 3, 1977
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1977-10-03
Relies on Sine v. Mitchell Transport, Inc · Weller v. Thomson Newspapers Inc
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Decided 1977-10-03
How this case has been cited
Cited by 667 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2024 · most notably Rose v. Lundy (1982), United States v. Beechum (1978)
379 federal appellate · 9 district · 162 state decisions — followed in 33 states
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