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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 12 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy.

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1 Von Hoffman v. City of Quincy Anchor
scotus · 1867
green “the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract ... enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to or incorporated in its terms.” 6
2 Watson v. Pietranton
wva · 1987
green “attorneys should be permitted to agree in advance what division of fees there will be, so long as they make a good faith attempt at the time of agreement to anticipate the proportions of services to be performed and responsibilities to be assumed, and otherwise comply with the a…” 3
3 Kersten v. Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C.
mdctspecapp · 1992
green “can be subverted when they are invoked by opposing parties as procedural weapons" and the admonition that the fact that the rules may be a basis for disciplining lawyers "does not imply that an antagonist in a collateral proceeding or transaction has standing to seek enforcement…” 2
4 Kersten v. Van Grack, Axelson & Williamowsky, P.C.
mdctspecapp · 1992
green “does not imply that an antagonist in a collateral proceeding or transaction has standing to seek enforcement of the rule.” 1

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