Adam Liptak in his Sidebar column for the New York Times writes of the proliferation of "flood" and "opening the floodgates" concerns in Supreme Court opinions and arguments these last few years in Fearing Deluge of Litigation, Supreme Court Works the Floodgates. The concern, in some instances, is valid but, as Mr. Liptak poses, "If a legal theory is sound, is it a problem if it produces too much justice?"
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March 07, 2013
The Floodgates of Litigation: Is It Possible to Have Too Much Justice?
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