Rogers v. Burlington
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
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Brenham v. German American Bank rejected Rogers's recognition of authority to issue negotiable municipal bonds under a general power to borrow money for a public purpose.
5 citations to Rogers v. Burlington sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
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Treatments
Overruled in part
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The Supreme Court overruled Rogers insofar as it recognized authority to issue negotiable municipal bonds under a borrowing power.
Brenham v. German American Bank · Supreme Court of the United States · filed
We, therefore, must regard the cases of Rogers v. Burlington and Mitchell v. Burlington, as overruled in the particular-referred to, by later cases in this court.
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