· 12/18/1972
John William Smith v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State Prison
Citations
- 465 F.2d 272
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting it would be “absurd” to employ comparative analysis where the Black population is only 4.4 percent
- striking down system that permitted “tainted subjective decision[s]”
- striking down system that permitted \tainted subjective decision[s]\
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Judges: Kalodner, Hastie, Rosenn
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