From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 16-May-14 08:21, John Levine wrote:   
   >> I can't recall having seen any citations of English cases after   
   >> 1776, and I'm pretty sure I'd remember that because I'd recall   
   >> questioning the legal authority of such a precedent.   
   >   
   > In the 1800s the Court cited English law all the time.  See, for   
   > example, the patent case Pennock & Sellers v. Dialogue - 27 U.S. 1   
   > (1829), where Justice Story discussed the Statute of Monopolies as   
   > the legislative antecedent of US patent law, and cites Wood v.   
   > Zimmer, 1 Holt's N.P. 58.   
      
   The important detail is that Wood v. Zimmer was in 1818, well after US   
   independence.  I was unaware of that example; thanks!   
      
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