State Supreme Court / N.Y.

Matter of Morhous v. N.Y. Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 1944. Irving Lehman wrote the opinion for the court.

56 N.E.2d 79 · Cited 146 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

People Ex Rel. Carr v. Martin · 35 N.E.2d 636
Ex Parte Siebold · 100 U.S. 371
Pyle v. Kansas · 317 U.S. 213
Ex Parte Tobias Watkins · 28 U.S. 193
People Ex Rel. Tweed v. . Liscomb · 60 N.Y. 559
Hoff v. State of New York · 18 N.E.2d 671

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