Park v. Didden’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “; Didden, counsel reported, was an executor of Anna Carry's estate. Tr. 7. The recent death of a co-lessor settled the case for the district court. The district judge apparently reasoned in this sequence: 1) death terminates a power of attorney; 2) the death Didden's counsel reported made it necessary to join all co-lessors; 3) like the Parks, some of the co-lessors were Maryland citizens; 4) therefore, the case had to be dismissed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Park v. Didden

2. “Tr. 4. Didden had acknowledged that he was trustee of the estate of co-lessor Joseph Carry, App. 23, 30, but maintained that, as to the other co-lessors, he was not a trustee. Instead, he acted under a power of attorney. 11 Upon inspecting the power, which Didden had held since 1954, the district judge commented:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Park v. Didden

3. “the district judge apparently had in mind that some of the co-lessors were citizens of the same state (Maryland) as the Parks. It should be noted, however, that failure to join a party, even one determined after practical analysis to be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Park v. Didden