Pantel v. Bower’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 16 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Several neighbors of the defendant gave testimony, the substance of which is fairly illustrated by that of Mr. Carmean, whose testimony as to conversations with Mr. Bower was, ‘He said they had taken the little girl when she was but two years old and . . . raised her as their own, and that when he was gone she should have his share of the property.’ . . . The testimony of the neighbors concerning statements made by Mr. Bower in casual conversations with them, show mere statements of his intention that when he was gone Stella should have his share of the property. They did not show the existence of the contract relied upon by the plaintiff, and are not of themselves sufficient to raise an implication that any contract of that character existed.” (pp. 20, 21.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hutchinson v. Hutchinson · Nash v. Harrington

2. ““The plaintiff fails because the most that can be said is that her evidence tended to show an agreement that she should be treated as the natural child of Mr. and Mrs. Bower. The demurrer [to plaintiff’s evidence] was rightly sustained.” (p. 22.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burger v. Pasley