Ward v. Joslin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate ·

Most-quoted passages

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““X find as matter of fact, upon tlie evidence contained in tlie record and upon the arguments, that Ward’s claim against the trust company was upon a guaranty, given upon a valuable consideration, of the payment of certain promissory notes from one third party to another, and was not a guaranty of tlie payment of securities negotiated by the company.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ward v. Joslin

2. ““Dues from corporations shall be secured by individual liability of the stockholders to an additional amount equal to the slock owned by each stockholder; and such other means as shall bo provided by law; but such individual liabilities shall not apply to railroad corporations, nor corporations for religious or charitable purposes.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. Joslin