Apodaca v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 10, 1979

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1979-12-10

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Nottelson v. Smith Steel Workers D.A.L.U. 19806

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Decided 1979-12-10

How this case has been cited

Cited by 129 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2010 · most notably Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. (1982), Strother v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group (1996)

68 federal appellate · 3 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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¶1Appeal from County Ct. at Law No. 2, El Paso County, Tex., dismissed for want of substantial federal question.

Mr. Justice Stewart would dismiss the appeal for want of a properly presented federal question. Mr. Justice Marshall would note probable jurisdiction and set case for oral argument.