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· 8/1/1895

Shumate v. Williams

Citations

  • 2 Va. Dec. 180
  • 22 S.E. 808

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a plaintiff's decision to obey the law was \reasonable and demonstrates a commendable respect for the rule of law\
  • \The Attorney General of California has not stated affirmatively that his office will not enforce the . . . statute.\
  • “That one should not have to risk prosecution to challenge a statute is especially true in First Amendment eases[.]”

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