Legal Opinion
Dickinson v. Petroleum Conversion Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 16, 1950No. 150PublishedCited by 319 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
The only issue presented by this case turns on the finality of a judgment for purposes of appeal, a subject on which the volume of judicial writing already is formidable. The Court of Appeals resolved against finality of the decree in question, saying, however, that it did so against the unanimous conviction of the court as constituted but in deference to a precedent established by a differently constituted court of the same Circuit. 173 F. 2d 738. Because of this intracircuit conflict, we made a limited grant of certiorari. 338 U. S. 811. That we cannot devise a form of words that will…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Hill v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Clark v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by319 opinions
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