Abstract
The phrase "opening the floodgates of litigation" connotes a pejorative meaning in American legal argument. Most often, it is used by courts as a reason not to allow a certain case to proceed for fear that it would overburden both courts and society with a new class of lawsuits.
Recommended Citation
Michael J. Bazyler,
Nuremberg in America: Litigating the Holocaust in United States Courts,
34
U. Rich. L. Rev.
1
(2000).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol34/iss1/3