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RECENT OUTSTANDING DECISIONS OF THE
NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS RELATING
TO CURRENT LEGAL PROBLEMS
an address delivered by
PAXTON BLAIR
before
The New York County Lawyers Association
on
April 21, 1949
It is exactly eleven years to the very day since I
had the honor of ascending this platform and addressing
you on the same subject-the year's decisions in the
Court of Appeals-that is the subject of this evening's
talk. In that time, while I have grown older the Court
has grown younger. In 1938 every judge was my senior.
Their average age was 63. To-day their average age is
55; four out of seven are younger than I.
A period of eleven years is bound to reveal some
change in the prevailing type of litigation in an appellate
court. Within the span of years which most of you can
encompass with your memories, we have seen the pre-
dominating field of United States Supreme Court deci-
sions shift from anti-trust cases, to prohibition cases,
[Copyright 1949 by Paxton Blair]
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