Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Harrigan v. Government of the Virgin Islands
Harrigan v. Gov’t of the V.I., 502 U.S. 825 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-10-07
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
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- physical proximity approach "rightly criticized"
Citator
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.