rescission

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By foreclosing rescission and large damages, the high court substantially narrowed the foundation for any significant plaintiffs’ fee award in future cases, lowering litigation risk at the margins.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

“Because it is the unmaking of an agreement, rescission is an extreme remedy and should only be granted by a court of equity when it is ‘clearly warranted,’” the court wrote in the unsigned opinion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Even McConnell voted to approve the $9-billion rescission request.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

The White House has boasted of this as a pocket rescission.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

Of course I approve the vote of rescission, however dangerous a precedent; but what a picture of the composition of this House of Commons!

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson