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Quotation from Legal Tender Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“And it is no unprecedented thing in courts of last resort, both in this country and in England, to overrule decisions previously made.”
Legal Tender Cases, Opinion of the Court (Justice Strong) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Strong defends the Court's decision to overrule Hepburn v. Griswold after little more than a year.
Citation: "And it is no unprecedented thing in courts of last resort, both in this country and in England, to overrule decisions previously made." — Supreme Court of the United States, Legal Tender Cases, Opinion of the Court (Justice Strong) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id legal-tender-cases-q3)
Portrait: William Strong judge - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
