Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Alcorn
Mo. Pac. R.R. v. Alcorn, 450 U.S. 998 (1981)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1981-03-23
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- rejecting tenth amendment challenge to federal statute governing retirement pay for reserve military personnel since the federal statute was enacted under the Congressional war power
- striking down Civil Code article which provided that acknowledged illegitimates could not come to intestate successions if the deceased parent was survived by legitimate descendants
- applying Kentucky’s three year blue sky statute of limitation
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Alcorn. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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