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469 U.S. 821

Vandygriff v. Phillips

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 1, 1984

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1984-10-01

Relies on Phillips v. Vandygriff · Phillips v. Vandygriff

Cited together with Hannahville Indian Community v. United States · United States v. McConney · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1984-10-01

How this case has been cited

Cited by 4,864 later decisions (20 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2025 · most notably Pierce v. Underwood (1988), Forrester v. White (1988)

2,621 federal appellate · 223 district · 422 state decisions — followed in 44 states

2.6k019841990200020102020decided

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