It is the merit of the common law that it decides the case … - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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It is the merit of the common law that it decides the case first and determines the principle afterwards.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935) was an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932; he was often called "The Great Dissenter", and was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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