Stuart v. Pilgrim

How courts have described this case

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

• overruling established precedent that “proceed[ed] upon a wrong principle, [was] built upon a false premise, and arriv[ed] at an erroneous conclusion”
• overruling precedent when “more mischief will be done” by adherence than overruling
• overruling precedent when “more mischief will be done” by adherence than overruling
• \only for the most cogent reasons\
• “only for the most cogent reasons”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).