Legal Opinion · Dissent
Mosier v. Carney
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 1965No. Calendar 11, Docket 50,142; Calendar 56, Docket 50,360; Calendar 52, Docket 50,410Published
1DissentBlack, J.
“Overruling a precedent always introduces some confusion and the necessity for it may be unfortunate. But it is as nothing to keeping on our books utterances to which we ourselves will give full faith and credit only if the outcome pleases us. I shall abide by the Williams Case [Williams v. North Carolina, 317 US 287 (63 S Ct 207, 87 L ed 279, 143 ALR 1273) ] until it is taken off our books, and for that reason concur in the decision herein.”
The words are those of Mr. Justice Jackson, written in Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Hunt, 320 US 430, 447 (64 S Ct 208, 88 L ed 149, 150 ALR 413). I mean to…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302Illinois Supreme Court · 1959
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