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· 1/22/2002

Whitehead v. Cowan

Citations

  • 534 U.S. 1116
  • 122 S. Ct. 927

How courts have described this case

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

  • emphasizing that state officials normally have no constitutional obligation to intervene on behalf of private parties
  • rejecting argument that a sale of assets is not a sale of a business
  • determination turns on “nature and circumstances of the officer’s conduct to the performance of his actual duties”

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