Glass v. Paxton’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.3d 233 · 2018
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cited by 13 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
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“Under this standard, a legislative classification 'must be upheld against equal protection challenge if there is any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification.' " Glass v. Paxton , 900 F.3d 233 , 244-45 (5th Cir. 2018) (quoting FCC v. Beach Commc'ns, Inc. , 508 U.S. 307 , 313, 113 S.Ct. 2096 , 124 L.Ed.2d 211 (1993) ). The parties challenging the "presumption of validity”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“places no affirmative evidentiary burden on the government, [but] plaintiffs may nonetheless negate a seemingly plausible basis for the law by adducing evidence of irrationality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“St. Joseph Abbey v. Castille , 712 F.3d 215 , 223 (5th Cir. 2013). While a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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