Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins

Date

1999

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, in The Bill of Rights, the Courts, and the Law, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, 378–379 (3 ed. 1999).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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