Opinion YEGAN, J. In 1935 Judge Learned Hand asked: “How far is a judge free in rendering a decision?” (Hand, The Spirit of Liberty (1952).) Judge Hand *1693 did not answer the question but did put the judicial dilemma in perspective by saying: “So you will see that a judge is in a contradictory position; he is pulled by two opposite forces. On the o…
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