Scott v. Langvardt’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
November 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Sheridan v. Dudden Implement, Inc. · Rapp v. Rapp · Forrest v. Albany Transit Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“one person pays a debt for which another is primarily liable and which in equity and good conscience should have been discharged by the latter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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