Edwards v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
785 F.2d 1440 · 1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 2004
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. New Jersey · Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co. · Heppner v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he subsequent approval of a committee report cannot authoritatively define the intent of a previous Congress in passing a statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Jones“certainly provide some evidence of Congress's earlier intent”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Jones
How this case has been treated — in progress
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