Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Wyoming Community Development Authority v. Durning
484 U.S. 944
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1987-11-09
- Topic
- finance
How later courts describe this case
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- “The DAN E. McMAHON was under construction on land at the time of Richendollar’s accident. It was not a vessel within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts under the long-standing jurisdictional rubric ...”
- New Jersey’s double jeopardy protection is co-extensive with federal constitution
- prohibition against double jeopardy applies to DWI cases
Citator
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.