Martinez v. Clark County’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Lemon v. Kurtzman · County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union
Most-quoted passages
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“case law requiring a plaintiff who challenges the constitutionality of a statute to join everyone conceivably impacted by a declaration that the statute is unconstitutional.... Although Rule 19 arguably favors joinder of certificate holders in this case, the Court finds it impractical and unnecessarily burdensome to require Plaintiffs to join every other person who conceivably may be affected by a declaration that the challenged law is unconstitutional”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'are such that it will undoubtedly make all' of the absent party's arguments”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'capable of and willing to make such arguments'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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