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· 6/17/1968

Houghton v. Shafer

Citations

  • 392 U.S. 639
  • 88 S. Ct. 2119
  • 20 L. Ed. 2d 1319
  • 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1146

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that requiring administrative review through process culminating with the Attorney General where Attorney General already submitted that the challenged' rules of prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner” would be “to demand a futile act”
  • in view of Attorney General’s submission that the challenged rules of the prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner,” requiring administrative review through a process culminating with the Attorney General “would be to demand a futile act”
  • in view of Attorney General's submission that the challenged rules of the prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner,” requiring administrative review through a process culminating with the Attorney General “would be to demand a futile act”
  • in view of Attorney General's submission that the challenged rules of the prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner,” requiring administrative review through a process culminating with the Attorney General “would be to demand a futile act”
  • in view of Attorney General's submission that the challenged rules of the prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner,” requiring administrative review through a process culminating with the Attorney General “would be to demand a futile act”
  • in view of Attorney General's submission that the challenged rules of the prison were “validly and correctly applied to petitioner,” requiring administrative review through a process culminating with the Attorney General “would be to demand a futile act”

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