86 Mich. App. 238 - Watling, Lerchen & Co. v. Ormond’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
March 1985
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“It is perhaps ironic that the more extreme or even farfetched is the asserted theory of liability, the more important it is that the conceptual legal theories be explored and assayed in the light of actual facts, not a pleader’s supposition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The district courts of the United States . . . shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this chapter or the rules and regulations thereunder . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The rights and remedies provided by this chapter shall be in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may exist at law or in equity ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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