Kelley v. Osborn’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1959
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commercial Credit Co. v. Tarwater · Helmetag's Adm'r v. Miller · Stull v. Daniel MacH. Co. · Commercial Credit Co. v. Perkins · Marx v. Miller
Most-quoted passages
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““ * * * One of the grounds of the motion reads: “ ‘6. Said instrument is unconstitutional in that it inflicts a cruel and unusual punishment on the Court and counsel for the Plaintiff in requiring them to read such a prolix, confused, ill drafted, repetitious, irrelevant, incoherent, and impertinent instrument.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kelley v. Osborn
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