Linder v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “A law which operates in the same manner upon all persons in like circumstances is not ‘special’ in the constitutional sense.”
• “the articulated basis for the panel acts has been the malpractice crisis existing in many states, with this legislation intended as a means to limit malpractice filings to those which are clearly meritorious”
• mandatory submission of medical malpractice claims to screening panel as prerequisite to right to a jury trial does not violate Seventh Amendment since right to jury trial is preserved regardless of decision of screening panel
• decision of panel not admissible
• decision of panel not admissible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).