Dickson Estate’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1989
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wallace's Estate · Packer's Estate · Bald Estate · Cunningham's Estate · Dickson Estate
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“If a case is decided on two different grounds, it is authority for both propositions. . If it could be argued that ground ‘a’ is dictum because the case was also decided on ground ‘b’, then the same could be said of ground ‘b’ and we would end up with a case with two dicta and no decision.”
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