Patel v. California

How courts have described this case

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

• a mere allegation of a civil rights conspiracy without factual specificity is insufficient to support a claim
• “It is a fundamental and well established principle of law ... that statutes are presumed to operate prospectively unless retroactive application appears from the plain language of the legislation”
• both limiting retroactive application of legislation based on considerations of fairness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).