Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Capps v. New Mexico
458 U.S. 1107
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-06-28
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “We seriously doubt whether illegal entry, standing alone, makes outlaws of individuals, permitting their contracts to be breached without legal accountability.”
- Second Circuit ruled that plaintiffs lack of credibility disqualified her as class representative
- plain tiff was inadequate because she gave contradictory testimony on key facts
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 68 opinions
Sup. Ct. N. M. Certiorari denied.