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Helvering v. Hallock

Citations

  • 309 U.S. 106
  • 60 S. Ct. 444
  • 84 L. Ed. 604
  • 1940 U.S. LEXIS 1210
  • 125 A.L.R. 1368
  • 1 C.B. 223
  • 23 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1054

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[S]tare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision”
  • \[S]tare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision.\
  • “It is a basic tenet of statutory construction that [courts] rely on the intent of the legislature as that intent has been expressed.” (internal quotation omitted)
  • quoted in Central Bank of Denver, N.A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A., 511 U.S. 164, 186-87, 114 S.Ct. 1439, 128 L.Ed.2d 119 (1994)
  • “[W]e walk on quicksand when we try to find in the absence of corrective legislation a controlling legal principle.”
  • “[S]tare decisis is a principle of policy and not a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision.”

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Judges: Frankfurter, Roberts, McReynolds

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