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Supreme Court· 6/13/1988

N. W. Enterprises, Inc. v. Texas

Citations

  • 486 U.S. 1059
  • 108 S. Ct. 2830
  • 100 L. Ed. 2d 930
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 3849
  • 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2596

How courts have described this case

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

  • Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 is rationally related to the objective of protecting public health and welfare by implementing stiff and certain penalties for those who violate federal drug laws
  • Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 is rationally related to the objective of protecting public health and welfare by implementing stiff and certain penalties for those who violate federal drug laws
  • “[A] statute [that] does not discriminate on racial grounds or against a suspect class ... will be sustained in the absence of persuasive evidence that Congress had no reasonable basis for drawing the lines it did”
  • involving Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
  • mandatory minimum under § 841(b)

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Judges: Brennan, Certiorari, Conviction

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