Legal Opinion
Elder v. Holloway
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1993No. 91-35146PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge, with whom Circuit Judges PREGERSON, NORRIS, REINHARDT and TROTT join,
dissenting
from the order rejecting the suggestion for rehearing en banc.
It is not every day that one witnesses the birth of a totally new legal doctrine. And with good reason. Established legal principles, honed over decades — sometimes centuries — generally have much experience and wisdom behind them. Monumental change should be made only for compelling reasons and after careful consideration of all foreseeable consequences.
Despite the opinion’s modest language, the panel here has taken quite an…
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