¶1C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari granted, cases consolidated, and a total of one hour allotted for oral argument. Reported below: 214 U. S. App. D. C. 418, 665 F. 2d 1236.
456 U.S. 925
Bowsher v. Merck & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 19, 1982
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1982-04-19
Relies on Merck & Co. v. Staats
Cited together with Jackson v. Virginia · Glasser v. United States · United States v. Heldt
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1982-04-19
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,498 later decisions (10 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022 · most notably Horton v. California (1990), Waller v. Georgia (1984)
755 federal appellate · 64 district · 333 state decisions — followed in 35 states
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