La Bourgogne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 district · 1 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The object of most of the interrogatories to which objection is made, is to prove that the petitioner, or its responsible officers or superintendents, were in privity with the alleged negligence and violations of law, or in the language of section 5344, connived at such violations and negligence, by which the loss and injury arose, in consequence of which the petitioner is disabled from claiming the limitation of liability sought in this proceeding. The purpose of the interrogatories is no doubt material and vital. If established, it will defeat the petition. But the. evidence to sustain the defense cannot be forced from the petitioner itself, as against its claim of privilege, so far as relates to the subject-matters that are embraced in the penal statutes above referred to.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Knickerbocker Steamboat Co.

2. ““Third: — The petitioner refuses to answer the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth Interrogatories on the ground that the same are framed in support of allegations in the answer which if true, would or might tend to expose the petitioner to a penalty or forfeiture.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Knickerbocker Steamboat Co.