Dennick v. Railroad Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

128 federal appellate · 36 district · 161 state decisions

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

1. “a civil action to recover damages for .a civil injury.”

   19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Cox · Huntington v. Attrill

2. ““The advocates or this view interpolate into the statute what is not there. * ⅜ * ¶⅛ statute says the amount recovered shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin. Why not add here, also, by construction, ‘if they reside in the state of New Jersey’? It is obvious that nothing in the language of the statute requires such a construction. Indeed, by inference it is opposed to it. The first section makes the liability of the corporation or person absolute where the death arises from their negligence. Who shall say that it depends on the appointment of an administrator within the state?””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Patek v. American Smelting & Refining Co. · Hartley v. Hartley

3. ““Let it be remembered that this is not a case of an administrator appointed in one state suing in that capacity in the courts of another state, without any authority from the latter. It is the general rule that this cannot be done.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Madden · Maysville Street Railroad & Transfer Co. v. Marvin