Legal Opinion
Getty Oil Company v. Mills
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 1962No. Civ. A. 17189PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUMBAULD, District Judge.
It is perhaps as true of this case, as it was of litigation in the time of Lord Coke and of Justice Holmes, that protracted cases result by reason of the magnitude of the economic interests at stake, rather than the intricacy of the legal issues involved. In Coke’s words, “to say the Truth, many questions are raised rather out of the weight of the Matter, than the Difficulty of the Case: For I never saw any Case of great Value proceed quietly, without many Exceptions in arrest of Judgment.” Rep. pt. 10, pref. Holmes said: “Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Foley v. the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States Gypsum Co. v. Schiavo Bros., Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Hilton v. WT Grant CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
- Verson Allsteel Press Co. v. GarnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Bowman Steel Corp. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1965