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A Supreme Court case in the Supreme Court of the United States between Papasan and Allain. The court issued a decision on Jul 1, 1986.
Supreme Court of the United States
Papasan v Allain, No. 85-499 (U.S. 1986)
- Docket
- 85-499
- Decided
- Supreme Court term
- 1985
- Official citation
- 478 U.S. 265
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Case record
Papasan v Allain is Supreme Court of the United States case number 85-499. Jurvio currently provides 1 readable court document for this case.
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Cases cited 45
Cites 45 cases · 19 on Jurvio
- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · Supreme Court of the United States · 411 U. S. 1
- Edelman v. Jordan · Supreme Court of the United States · 415 U. S. 651
- Pennhurst State School & Hosp. v. Halderman · Supreme Court of the United States · 465 U. S. 89
- Lassen v. Arizona Highway Dept. · Supreme Court of the United States · 385 U. S. 458
- Scheuer v. Rhodes · Supreme Court of the United States · 416 U. S. 232
- Alamo Land & Cattle Co. v. Arizona · Supreme Court of the United States · 424 U. S. 295
- Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · Supreme Court of the United States · 473 U. S. 234
- Green v. Mansour · Supreme Court of the United States · 474 U. S. 64
- Miree v. DeKalb County · Supreme Court of the United States · 433 U. S. 25
- Plyler v. Doe · Supreme Court of the United States · 457 U. S. 202
- Cruz v. Beto · Supreme Court of the United States · 405 U. S. 319
- Andrus v. Utah · Supreme Court of the United States · 446 U. S. 500
- Clark v. Barnard · Supreme Court of the United States · 108 U. S. 436
- Battle v. United States · Supreme Court of the United States · 387 U. S. 167
- Cory v. White · Supreme Court of the United States · 457 U. S. 85
- Holt Civic Club v. Tuscaloosa · Supreme Court of the United States · 439 U. S. 60
- Milliken v. Bradley · Supreme Court of the United States · 433 U. S. 267
- Briscoe v. LaHue · Supreme Court of the United States · 460 U. S. 325
- Kugler v. Helfant · Supreme Court of the United States · 421 U. S. 117
Cited by 244
244 cases on Jurvio cite this case
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes v. Stitt · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jonathan R. v. Patrick Morrisey · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jonathan R. v. Patrick Morrisey · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Scott Brown v. Travis Taylor, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Natl Assn of Immigration Judges v. Sirce Owen · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Ambriz v. Hancock · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Steven Albert v. Brooke Lierman · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Bereznak v. Arrow Electronics · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Patsy Talley v. Dale Folwell · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jordan Venema, et al v. Fred West, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Wells v. Texas Tech · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Cotto, et al v. Campbell, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jordan Prop v. City of Cleveland MS · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Chemehuevi Indian Tribe v. US · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Mark Jones v. MSPB · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Bret Wehrly v. Allstate Insurance Company · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Wendell Locke v. Charles Canady, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Tawakkol v. Vasquez · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- US v. Brent Brewbaker · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jill Hile, et al v. Michigan, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- USA v. Abbott · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Calhoun v. Collier · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Jeremiah C. Sherwood, et al v. Raymond P. Marchiori · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Buon v. Spindler · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Stewart Merritts, Jr. v. Leslie Richards, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Seneca Nation v. Cuomo · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Kolu Stevens, et al v. MI State Court Admin Office, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Committee on Ways and Means, United States House v. TREA, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Gonzalez v. Trevino · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Ronald Fosnight, et al v. Robert Jones, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Adams v. Pearl River Valley Water · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Joseph Fincher, et al v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Matthew Brach, et al v. Gavin Newsom, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Calcano v. The Art of Shaving-FL, LLC · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Thorne v. Jersey Mike's Franchise System · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Calcano v. Swarovski North America Limite · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Murphy v. Kohl's Corporation · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Dominguez v. Banana Republic, LLC · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Sherri Renner v. Supreme Court of Florida, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Cafe International Holding Company LLC v. Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Company · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Host International Inc v. MarketPlace PHL LLC · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Turnage v. Britton · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- A.C., et al v. McKee, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Gomez v. Galman · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Driftless Area Land Conservanc, et al v. Rebecca Valcq, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Darby v. New York City Department of Co · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Straw v. US · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Straw v. US · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Bradford Lund v. David Cowan, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
- Alan Rodemaker v. Liz Shumphard, et al · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 478 U.S. 265
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