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· 10/24/1927

Smallwood v. Gallardo

Citations

  • 275 U.S. 56
  • 48 S. Ct. 23
  • 72 L. Ed. 152
  • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 251
  • 6 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 7066

How courts have described this case

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

  • “To maintain a suit is to uphold, continue on foot and keep from collapse a suit already begun”
  • in the words of Justice Holmes, \it does not matter that these cases had gone to a higher court. When the root is cut the branches fall.\
  • “To maintain a suit is to uphold, continue on foot and keep from collapse a suit already be- gun.”
  • in the words of Justice Holmes, “it does not matter that these cases had gone to a higher court. When the root is cut the branches fall.”

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Judges: Holmes

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