Messner v. Wyte’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc. · Green v. United States · James Moody Vaughan v. Henry Northup James Moody · Cooper v. American Airlines, Inc. · Helme v. . Buckelew
Most-quoted passages
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“Raised in the appeal were questions of whether the capacity of fiduciaries to sue and, generally, whether the provisions of Rule 17(b) that the capacity of persons acting in a representative capacity shall be determined by the law of the state”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tolson v. Hodge
How this case has been treated — in progress
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