Supreme Court of the United States
Danforth v. Minnesota
This writing
- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- Feb. 20, 2008
- Case
- Danforth v. Minnesota
- Case status
- Decided
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Chief Justice Roberts, with whom Justice Kennedy joins, dissenting. Some of our new rulings on the meaning of the United States Constitution apply retroactively — to cases already concluded — and some do not. This Court has held that the question whether a particular ruling is retroactive is itself a question of federal law. It is basic that when it comes to any such question of federal law, it is “the province…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |
| Concurrence | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |