· 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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