682 F. Supp. 2d 781 - Lattanzio v. Ackerman’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education · DLX, Inc. v. Kentucky · Westwood Chemical Co. v. Kulick · Smith v. Sushka · Rein v. Providian Financial Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]t is hornbook law that a spouse does not-by virtue of that status alone-possess actual authority to legally bind his or her spouse, and the record is devoid of any indication that [the wife] had either executed a power of attorney or, through her conduct with the defendants, created an appearance of authority in her husband.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Marital relations do not create a presumption of agency between husband and wife when dealing with each other's property and such agency, when denied, must be proved the same as any other agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.