The Difference Is No Less Real Because

Opinion Has A Significance Proportioned To The Sources That Sustain It.

What Has Once Been Settled By A Precedent Will Not Be Unsettled Overnight, For Certainty And Uniformity Are Gains Not Lightly Sacrificed. Above All Is This True When Honest Men Have Shaped Their Conduct On The Faith Of The Pronouncement.

The Validity Of A Tax Depends Upon Its Nature, And Not Upon Its Name.

With Traps And Obstacles And Hazards Confronting Us On Every Hand, Only Blindness Or Indifference Will Fail To Turn In All Humility, For Guidance Or For Warning, To The Study Of Examples.

The Final Cause Of Law Is The Welfare Of Society.