Legal Opinion
Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 20, 1983No. 1342, Docket 82-7137PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
No rule of American jurisprudence is better established than the salutary one which requires a lower court to carry out faithfully the express mandate of its appellate superior. See, e.g., Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Guardian Trust Co., 281 U.S. 1, 11, 50 S.Ct. 194, 197, 74 L.Ed. 659 (1930); Ex parte Union Steamboat Co., 178 U.S. 317, 318-19, 20 S.Ct. 904, 905, 44 L.Ed. 1084 (1900); Ex parte Sibbald v. United States, 37 U.S. 488, 492, 9 L.Ed. 1167 (1838). The same rule prohibits litigants from circumventing such lower-court compliance “by stipulation or…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Ex Parte Sibbald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1838
- Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Guardian Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Slotkin v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983