Legal Opinion · Dissent

Nissen v. Johnson

Montana Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1959No. 9785Published

1DissentChief Justice Harrison

(dissenting) :

I dissent and I shall do my best to adhere to the admonition of a former Associate Justice of this court, the Honorable Ralph J. Anderson, as expressed in Atlantic-Pacific Oil Co. of Montana v. Gas Development Co., 105 Mont. 1, 30, 69 Pac. (2d) 750, 761, wherein he said: “The utility of a dissenting opinion has long been doubted, The chief beneficiary of their promulgation is the. public printer, and thereby an additional burden is placed upon the taxpayer and the buying public. Bearing these conclusions in mind, I shall record my views as briefly as possible.”

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McAvoy v. KromerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  2. Johnson v. HerringMontana Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Atlantic-Pacific Oil Co. v. Gas Development Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Lyon v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. P. Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1915
  5. West v. WilsonMontana Supreme Court · 1931

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