Williams, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California v. United States

“What we need is not the ‘correct’ answer in the philosophical or mathematical sense, but the ‘definitive’ answer, and the ‘definitive’ answer can be given under our system only by the court of last resort.”

Allapattah Services, Incorporated v. Exxon Corporation

Eleventh Circuit, 2004

"What we need is not the `correct' answer in the philosophical or mathematical sense, but the `definitive' answer, and the `definitive' answer can be given under our system only by the court of last resort."

Allapattah Services, Incorporated v. Exxon Corporation

Eleventh Circuit, 2004

“If we were talking about laboratory cultures or seedlings, the concept of issues ‘percolating’ in the courts of appeals for many years before they are really ready to be decided by the Supreme Court might make some sense. But it makes very little sense in the legal world in which we live.”

Allapattah Services, Incorporated v. Exxon Corporation

Eleventh Circuit, 2004

"If we were talking about laboratory cultures or seedlings, the concept of issues `percolating' in the courts of appeals for many years before they are really ready to be decided by the Supreme Court might make some sense. But it makes very little sense in the legal world in which we live."

Williams, Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California v. United States

Opinions

C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.

C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.

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