Nelson v. Waring’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell Corporation · United States v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Cotton v. Hinton · Girsh v. Jepson · Adams Extract Co. v. Pleasure Hours, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[compromise is the essence of settlement and the court should not make the proponents of a proposed settlement justify each term of settlement against a hypothetical or speculative measure of which concessions might have been gained; inherent in compromise is a yielding of absolutes and an abandoning of highest hopes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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