Kutas v. Regan’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Kentucky v. Graham · City of Riverside v. Rivera · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Hewitt v. Helms · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
Most-quoted passages
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“it was [a] newspaper's presentation of plaintiff's sympathetic position, and not plaintiff's legal position, that moved the Comptroller to support legislative relief for the plaintiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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