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· 5/3/1971

McMillan v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n

Citations

  • 402 U.S. 936
  • 91 S. Ct. 1620

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a change in the state parole authority’s interpretation of the relevant eligibility provisions was within the reach of the clause because “[a]bsent a court pronouncement on the matter” the agency interpretation had “the force and effect of law”
  • but cited in Warden v. Marrerro, 417 U.S. 653, 663, 94 S.Ct. 2532, 41 L.Ed.2d 383 (1974)
  • a state parole authority’s change in the interpretation of a parole eligibility provision is subject to ex post facto constraints because the agency’s interpretation had the effect of law
  • change in administrative interpretation of parole statute
  • change in administrative interpretation of parole statute

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Judges: Douglas, Noted, Should

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