· 5/17/1982
Sentinel Government Securities v. United States
Citations
- 456 U.S. 977
- 102 S. Ct. 2243
- 50 U.S.L.W. 3916
- 72 L. Ed. 2d 852
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2126
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “courts must avoid chilling the legal bar’s enthusiasm or creativity”
- “there is a point beyond which zeal becomes vexation, the ‘novel’ approach to a legal issue converts to frivolity and steadfast adherence to a position transforms to obdurateness”
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