537 F. Supp. 87 - Kudla v. Modde’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Dent v. State of West Virginia · Livingston v. Texas · Coffin v. Califano · Ray Allen Tollett v. William F. Laman · Frumkin v. Board of Trustees
Most-quoted passages
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“( [t]he power of the state to require a license implies the power to revoke a license which has been improperly issued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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