Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Miskovsky v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.

Miskovsky v. Okla. Publ’g Co., 459 U.S. 923 (1982)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-10-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • adverse change in parole criteria cannot be applied to Illinois offender whose crime was committed but who was sentenced after the change
  • “[W]here there is. substantial, if not complete identity of parties before the EEOC and the court, it would require an unnecessarily technical and restrictive reading of [the statute] to deny jurisdiction.”
  • District Court erred by evaluating statistical and non-statistical evidence independently

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
117 opinions

Sup. Ct. Okla. Certiorari denied.