Legal Opinion · Dissent

Schlagenhauf v. Holder

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 18, 1965No. 8Published

1DissentJustice Douglas

While I join the Court in reversing this judgment, I would, ori.the remand, deny all relief asked under Rule 35.

*125I do not suppose there is any licensed driver of a car or a truck who does not suffer from some ailment, whether it be ulcers, bad eyesight, abnormal blood pressure, deafness, liver malfunction, bursitis, rheumatism, or what not. If he or she is turned over to the plaintiff's doctors and psychoanalysts to discover the cause of the mishap, the door will' be opened for grave miscarriages of justice. When the defendant’s doctors examine plaintiff, they are normally interested only in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Kropp v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATIONDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1962

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