Ralph D. Smith and Thelma Smith v. Arbaugh's Restaurant, Inc., a Body Corporate

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1973-01-05

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LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, concurring: The majority understands this case to pose a clear conflict in values: the value of human safety on the one hand, and the value of a landowner’s unrestricted exploitation of his property on the other. With all respect, I believe this overly simplifies the issues. What is ultimately at issue here is not “people” versus “prop…

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