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← 391 FSUPP 29 - In Re Boydston

In Re Boydston’s Empirical Analysis

1975

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
November 1981
most recently cited

Relationships

Relies on Davison-Paxon Co. v. Caldwell · Davison-Paxon Co. v. Caldwell

Most-quoted passages

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  1. ““If Caldwell — decided by a divided court nearly 35 years ago and criticized by commentators — is obsolete, it is for the Fifth Circuit, not this Court, to say so.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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