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← 42 MICH 12 - Briggs v. Mette

Briggs v. Mette’s Empirical Analysis

1879

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
3
states following
October 1893
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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  1. ““The opinion is held by the other members of the Court that the reasoning of the New York cases is not apposite or agreeable to the view which has prevailed here,, not only with the business public, but with the bench and bar.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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