Introduction
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Authors
Arnold, Richard S.
Issue Date
1983
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16
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|All of the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit join me, I know, in gratitude to the Creighton Law Review for continuing its annual survey of Eighth Circuit opinions. This work is a service to the bar, but it is also a service to our Court. In a typical month we dispose of well over 100 cases, and at least as many new appeals are docketed. The Law Review's work in categorizing and criticizing our labors is most useful.|Plenty of criticism is available, to be sure, from other sources. One need only read a few petitions for rehearing to be reminded of one's own fallibility in forceful terms. Occasionally even the writers of editorials, or of letters to the editor, think that what we have done is sufficiently important to deserve their condemnation. But most of these critics have obvious axes to grind. There is always the Supreme Court, of course, but it hardly has time to correct all of our errors. So the law reviews, and Creighton's in particular, serve a vital function by subjecting a number of our opinions to exacting and rigorous analysis. We benefit tremendously from that kind of attention. It can stimulate us to change our minds; it can give us fresh approaches to problems that seem stale to us; and it can reassure us (when appropriate) that we have done the right thing...
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16 Creighton L. Rev. 839 (1982-1983)
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Creighton University School of Law