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CONTRACTS: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

588, 592-93 (1872) (nonperformance excused when occasioned by act of law); see also Sch. while] [o]ther courts simply conclude that the duty to perform is excused or discharged because performance would violate public policy." Harrington v. Dennie , 13 Mass. 93, 94 (1816); Mis. & Tenn. Green , 56 Tenn. of Olyphant v.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

Scott Bomboy of the Constitution Center mentions that “the concept of nullification–that states can overrule federal laws–predated the Civil War by decades, and the ultimate issue of nullification (secession) was settled in the 1860s. 1257 courtesy of Cornell Law Institute). If that law is federal, then the U.S. 482, 488 (1976).

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