HAGANS ET AL.

v.

LAVINE, COMMISSIONER, NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (25 total)

• Hagans v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 528 (U.S. 1974)
  …present a substantial constitutional claim, the District Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain either the equal protection or the statutory claim. 471 F. 2d 347 (CA2 1973). The jurisdictional question being an important one, we granted certiorari. 412 U. S. 938 (1973). For reasons set forth below, we hold that the District Court had jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. § 1343 (3) to consider petitioners’ attack on the recoupment regulation.5 [*534] I Petitioners brought this action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, whi…
• LAU v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (U.S. 1974)
  …f aid which discriminate against racial groups, 483 F. 2d 791. One judge dissented. A hearing en banc was denied, two judges dissenting. Id., at 805. We granted the petition for certiorari because of the public importance of the question presented, 412 U. S. 938. The Court of Appeals reasoned that “[ejvery student brings to the starting line of his educational career different advantages and disadvantages caused in part by social, economic and cultural background, created and continued completely apart fro…
• United States v. Braasch, 505 F.2d 139 (7th Cir. 1974)
  …in most questions regarding the admissibility of evidence, trial judges are given wide discretion to balance the proffered item’s probative value against its prejudicial effect. See United States v. Gaus, 471 F. 2d 495, 499 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 412 U.S. 938, 93 S.Ct. 2772, 37 L.Ed.2d 397 (1973). We can see no abuse of discretion here. True it is that detailed evidence as to a similar, contemporaneous conspiracy has a potentially prejudicial effect. but here that effect was outweighed by the importance…