Federal Interference with State Prosecutions: The Need for Prospective Relief

Date

1977

Citation

Douglas Laycock, Federal Interference with State Prosecutions: The Need for Prospective Relief, 1977 Supreme Court Review 193–238 (1977).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Douglas Laycock

Constitutional Law and Legal History

Center for the First Amendment

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