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· 3/21/1816

The St. Nicholas

Citations

  • 14 U.S. 417
  • 4 L. Ed. 125
  • 1 Wheat. 417
  • 1816 U.S. LEXIS 337

How courts have described this case

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

  • “In civil litigation, a release is an affirmative defense to a plaintiff’s 15 claim for relief, not something the plaintiff must anticipate and negate in her pleading.”

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Judges: Johnson

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