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Quotation from Legal Tender Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“And this reversal, unprecedented in the history of the court, has been produced by no change in the opinions of those who concurred in the former judgment.”
Legal Tender Cases, Dissent of Chief Justice Chase (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Chief Justice Chase, author of Hepburn, objects that the overruling followed only a change in the Court's membership.
Citation: "And this reversal, unprecedented in the history of the court, has been produced by no change in the opinions of those who concurred in the former judgment." — Supreme Court of the United States, Legal Tender Cases, Dissent of Chief Justice Chase (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id legal-tender-cases-q5)
Portrait: William Strong judge - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
