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· 6/26/1972

Seaman v. Evans

Citations

  • 408 U.S. 924
  • 92 S. Ct. 2493

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “the role of extrinsic evidence is to educate the decision-maker to what the reference meant to persons of ordinary skill ... not to fill gaps in the reference.”
  • “[errors of law] not excluded from the class of error subject to correction in accordance with the reissue statute”
  • “The need to consider th[e] [enabling] issue, on disputed factual premises, also negates the propriety of the grant of summary judgment based on anticipation.”

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