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· 5/6/1940

Metropolitan Life Insurance v. United States

Citations

  • 310 U.S. 630
  • 60 S. Ct. 978
  • 84 L. Ed. 1400
  • 1940 U.S. LEXIS 668

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  • analyzing prior supreme court statements as \dicta or holding\
  • “ ‘When a court of last resort intentionally takes up, discusses, and decides a question germane to, though not necessarily decisive of, the controversy, such decision 9 Amendment principles is de novo. People v Hammerlund, 504 Mich 442, 451; 939 NW2d 129 (2019
  • discussing exceptions from traditional notions of dictum
  • court of appeals must follow supreme court decisions

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