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· 12/8/1975

Kwiatkowski v. United States

Citations

  • 423 U.S. 1021
  • 96 S. Ct. 462

How courts have described this case

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

  • adopting intermediate standard and reversing and remanding to trial court for its determination based on that standard; trial court held cap unconstitutional on remand
  • “Nothing in art. 1, § 18, either explicitly or implicitly prohibits legislative modification of common law actions.”
  • “allowing [political] signs only if they are inside a house and three feet back from windows is equivalent to not allowing signs at all”
  • remanding to lower court for determination whether statute limiting total recovery in medical malpractice actions to $300,000 was constitutional under heightened scrutiny test; on remand, trial court ruled that cap violated equal protection
  • remanding for factual determination on whether a medical malpractice crisis actual existed
  • remanding for factual determination on whether medical malpractice crisis actually existed

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