Legal Opinion
State v. Eichler
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 4, 1957No. 49204PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
A story widely told among lawyers concerns the trial judge who, being advised that his proposed ruling upon a matter then before him was directly contrary to holdings of the court of last resort of his State, said: “Did they say that? Well, they are going to have to say it again.” It appears that this is not merely an old lawyers’ tale. Such things do happen. The learned trial court, in the matter now' before us, criticized our previous decisions upon a crucial point there involved, announced its entire disagreement, and in effect overruled them. We have read with care the court’s opinion and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- McDonald v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- McDonald v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Evans v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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3Cited by90 opinions
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- Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Sac County Board of Supervisors, as Trustee of Drainage Districts 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, and Calhoun County Board of Supervisors and Sac County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 2 and 51 and Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors and Sac County Board of Supervisors as Joint Trustees of Drainage Districts 19Supreme Court of Iowa · 2017
- State v. DeCampSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001
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