Bryant v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1 state decisions
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Davis v. Passman · Tenney v. Brandhove · Forrester v. White · S.S. Zoe Colocotroni v. Puerto Rico · Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
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“[t]he mayor's veto, like the veto of the President or a state governor, is undeniably a part of the legislative process. It differs only in that it takes place on the local level. When the mayor exercises his veto power, it constitutes the policy-making decision of an individual elected official. It is as much an exercise of legislative decision-making as is the vote of Congress, a state legislator, or a city councilman.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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