Lipp v. National Screen Service Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
290 F.2d 321 · 1961
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
November 1988
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Maloy v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of West Palm Beach · Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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““The agreement made among counsel was no compromise of a lawsuit. It was, instead, a common sense way of handling several cases involving the same points. The judge could have ordered a consolidated trial for all of them. * * * It was considered more feasible to handle the litigation in the manner stipulated for. Defendants took their chances on judgments against them in seven cases if the Lawlor case was won. Plaintiffs took their chances on losing if the Lawlor case was lost. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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