relation backward
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 287 U.S. 358 - Great Northern Ry Co v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co · 1932Most cited · 1,484 citing opinions
A state may hold to the ancient dogma that the law declared by its courts had a Platonic or ideal existence before the act of declaration, in which event the discredited declaration will be viewed as if it had never been, and the reconsidered declaration as law from the beginning.
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