¶1C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 711 F. 2d 1217 and 724 F. 2d 490.
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
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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
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