Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Leland v. Federal Insurance Administrator

502 U.S. 957

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.