RE: Citations, Paragraph Numb...

From: Alan Sugarman (sugarman@panix.com)
Date: 01/19/95


On Wed, 18 Jan 1995, Koster wrote:

> which will flag the fact that this material was added later and raise the
> spectre of "judicial intent" as a new factor in the application of judicial
> decisions.
>

I though that judicial intent was important. And, it seems pretty clear
to me that when a court amends an opinion with a clarification, the
clarification may have somewhat greater weight. That is a basic rule of
construction.

Alan Sugarman
sugarman@panix.com
HyperLaw



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