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Mistretta v. United States

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1989 to 1994Mistretta v. United States - Significance, The Sentencing Reform Act Comes Under Challenge, "an Unusual Hybrid", Dissent: "a Sort Of Junior-varsity Congress"