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459 U.S. 1026

Pierce v. Bierer

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 29, 1982

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1982-11-29

Relies on Hill v. Garner

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Decided 1982-11-29

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Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently September 2018

12 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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¶1Appeal from Sup. Ct. Del. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.

Justice White,

¶2dissenting.

¶3I would note probable jurisdiction. The reasons for doing so which I stated in dissent from dismissal in Hill v. Garner, 434 U. S. 989 (1977), are more telling now than they were then.

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