Today in Supreme Court History: March 14, 1932

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3/14/1932: Justice Benjamin Cardozo takes oath.

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mulch 5 years ago

Damn fine eyebrows on that Justice.

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Dan Schiavetta 5 years ago

Didn’t like it when people broke promises. Could always find “consideration”, by “spinning spider webs of logic” (Gilmore, The Death of Contract).

And of course as is clear now, the law follows the Andrews dissent in Palsgraf.

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