Baker v. Smith & Wesson, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Massachusetts District Court)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78M (§ 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 18 U.S.C. § 1514A (§ 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Russello v. United States · Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · Poe v. Seaborn · Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · United States v. Wong Kim Bo
Most-quoted passages
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“cannot concede an issue in the district court and later, on appeal, attempt to repudiate that concession and resurrect the issue. To hold otherwise would be to allow a litigant to lead a trial court down a primrose path and later, on appeal, profit from the invited error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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