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inadvertent ministerial error

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From 358 U.S. 133 - American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Frisco Transportation Co. · 1958Most cited · 399 citing opinions

the power to correct inadvertent ministerial errors may not be used as a guise for changing previous decisions because the wisdom of those decisions appears doubtful in the light of changing policies