Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Leland v. Federal Insurance Administrator
Leland v. Fed. Ins. Adm’r, Adm’x, 502 U.S. 957 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-11-12
- Topic
- commercial
How later courts describe this case
- a mere allegation of a civil rights conspiracy without factual specificity is insufficient to support a claim
- “It is a fundamental and well established principle of law ... that statutes are presumed to operate prospectively unless retroactive application appears from the plain language of the legislation”
- both limiting retroactive application of legislation based on considerations of fairness
Citator
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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.