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April 21, 2015

Retroactivity Revisited: Has Anything Changed?

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by Erica Horn, Maddie Schueler & Gregory Nowak

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Carlton turned 20 last year, but the core issue within the case remains embattled. In this article, authors Erica Horn, Maddie Schueler and Gregory Nowak discuss the Carlton decision and several 2014 cases on which it had an impact.

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