10 Smith & H. 627 - Painter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 20 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It must be held, therefore, that the machine in question was a gambling device within the meaning of the statute. It may be conceded that the gambling feature was of a very mild form, and that the offense might well be pardoned upon a plea of penitence and of purpose to desist. But it furnishes poor standing ground for the intervener to ask of the courts a certificate of character for such device.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thamart v. Moline

2. “Furthermore, a machine which returns merchandise of the value of the coin played therein and, in addition, a chance of receiving a varying amount of checks which may be used to play the machine for amusement only is a gambling device, the right to continue the operation of the machine for amusement being a thing of value within statutes directed against gaming.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 141 Tex. Crim. 512 - Broaddus v. State

3. ““The issue is not controlled by the fact that the stakes to be played for are trifling. The fundamental and underlying principle of the offer made by the device to the customer is one of chance and hazard, and falls within the letter and spirit of the statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thamart v. Moline