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Nuremberg In America: Litigating The Holocaust In United States Courts, Michael J. Bazyler Jan 2000

Nuremberg In America: Litigating The Holocaust In United States Courts, Michael J. Bazyler

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The phrase "opening the floodgates of litigation" connotes a pejorative meaning in American legal argument. Most often, it is used by courts as a reason not to allow a certain case to proceed for fear that it would overburden both courts and society with a new class of lawsuits.