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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 47 U.S. 292 - Charles McMicken v. Amos Webb · 1848Most cited · 9 citing opinions

extinguishment of obligation

on the note given by Ficklin to his own firm of McMicken and Ficklin, with Webb and Smith as sureties, Ficklin, as a partner, was entitled to one half, upon the dissolution of the firm, and that thereupon, pro tanto, the obligation of these sureties would cease, as Ficklin could have no right of action against himself to compel payment to himself.

How often courts cite the case defining “confusion”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “confusion” — 9 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.