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Key v. Doyle, 434 U.S. 59 (1977)
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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.
Key v. Doyle, 434 U.S. 59 (1977)
Key v. Doyle No. 76-1057 Argued October 5, 1977 Decided November 14, 1977 434 U.S. 59
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
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A law applicable only in the District of Columbia is not a "statute of the United States" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1257(1), which provides for this Court’s appellate review of final judgments rendered by a State’s highest court in which a decision could be had where the validity of a statute of the United States is at issue and the decision is against its validity. Consequently, a decision by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals holding unconstitutional a provision of the District of Columbia Code is not reviewable by direct appeal to this Court, but only by writ of certiorari pursuant to § 1257(3). Pp. 61-68.
Appeal dismissed. Reported below: 365 A.2d 621.
STEWART, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BRENNAN, MARSHALL, REHNQUIST, and STEVENS, JJ., joined. WHITE, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BURGER, C.J., and BLACKMUN and POWELL, JJ., joined, post, p. 68.
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