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· 11/7/1928

Dougherty v. United States ex rel. McDerMott

Citations

  • 30 F.2d 474
  • 58 App. D.C. 311
  • 1929 U.S. App. LEXIS 2424

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • a plaintiff making an Equal Protection claim must show that an impermissible factor, such as race, was “a motivating factor” for the state’s action
  • involving racially motivated government action

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Judges: Robb

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