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· 7/2/1979

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Kahn

Citations

  • 443 U.S. 915
  • 99 S. Ct. 3107

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding regulations governing the teaching in public schools about religious meaning and traditions of holidays
  • no mitigating factors; death sentence affirmed upon finding that defendant had previous convictions punishable by life or death and that those previous convictions were violent felonies
  • even though appellant’s objection did not preserve error and his motion to quash was insufficient we also noted that appellant failed to demonstrate harm resulting from improper jury procedures
  • “The statute does not indicate the degree of certainty with which these circumstances must be established.”

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Judges: Brennan, Certiorari, White

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