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· 3/5/1923

Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm

Citations

  • 261 U.S. 611
  • 43 S. Ct. 363
  • 67 L. Ed. 826
  • 1923 U.S. LEXIS 3156

How courts have described this case

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  • providing for a de novo standard of review of a circuit court’s order dismissing an action as moot
  • “When a court’s legal powers cannot adequately compensate a party’s loss with money damages, then a court may use its broad equitable powers to compel a party to specifically perform its promise.”

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