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The Catalytic Effect of a Federal Court Decision on a State Legislature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2024

Kathryn Moss
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Abstract

This paper examines the way in which a United States district court decision in Texas catalyzed state legislation in that state. The events leading from the decision to the enactment of the statute are chronicled. The paper also describes the processes of bargaining and cooperation among the major actors who used the decree to obtain the new legislation. In the conclusion, factors that facilitated the catalytic impact of the judicial decision are discussed.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , 1985 , pp. 147 - 157
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Copyright © 1985 by The Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

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The author expresses her appreciation to the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin, for grant support for the larger study of which this paper is a part.

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