William Mitchell Law Review
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30 William Mitchell Law Review 213 (2003-2004)
Abstract
Mitchell's presence graced the Minnesota Supreme Court for nearly nineteen years, from 1881 to 1900. His output was prodigious. He produced nearly 1600 judicial opinions. It has been estimated “that excluding Sundays, and allowing a month in each year for vacation, Judge Mitchell wrote one opinion in every three days for nineteen years.” Indeed, “[i]n point of numbers, his opinions exceed those of any other justice of the Supreme Court of his state, or the nation.” It is one aspect, perhaps the central aspect, the unifying theme of this prolific body of work, that is the focus of this essay: William Mitchell's commitment to the basic principles and methodology of common-law jurisprudence.
Recommended Citation
Reid, Charles J. Jr.
(2003)
"The Creativity of the Common-Law Judge: The Jurisprudence of William Mitchell,"
William Mitchell Law Review: Vol. 30:
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