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Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985)
Hopfmann v. Connolly No. 84-1440 Decided May 13, 1985 471 U.S. 459
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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Held: In federal court proceedings wherein it was claimed that the Massachusetts Democratic Party’s Charter, as enforced by a Massachusetts statute, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Court of Appeals erred in concluding, on the basis of Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332, that the claim here was foreclosed by this Court’s summary disposition of two appeals from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Langone v. Connolly, 460 U.S. 1057. Hicks explained the precedential effect of a dismissal by this Court "for want of [a] substantial federal question" where this Court has jurisdiction over an appeal. However, in Langone, this Court dismissed the appeals for lack of appellate jurisdiction, and thus had no occasion to adjudicate the merits of the constitutional questions presented in the jurisdictional statements. Nor did the denial of certiorari, upon treating the papers whereon the appeals were taken in Langone as petitions for certiorari, have any precedential effect.
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction and, treating the papers as a petition for certiorari, certiorari granted; 746 F.2d 97, vacated and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985) in 471 U.S. 459 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NYTS5HAYLSVQAX.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985), in 471 U.S. 459, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NYTS5HAYLSVQAX.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hopfmann v. Connolly, 471 U.S. 459 (1985). cited in 1985, 471 U.S. 459. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NYTS5HAYLSVQAX.
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