Chisholm v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““The objection of misjoinder of parties, had it been taken by demurrer or plea, possibly would have been entitled to greater weight. The joinder of patent owners as complainants, where some of them have no legal ownership of Or legal interest in some of the patents sued on, is a course which generally should not be encouraged. But the objection having been first raised by answer, and not having been brought to the attention of the court until final hearing, it cannot, in view of the particular circumstances of this case, be sustained.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kaiser v. Bortel · Foundation Co. v. O'Rourke Engineering Const. Co.

2. ““The beater is moved at a speed of about a hundred and fifty to two hundred revolutions in a minute, or more or less, the speed corresponding with the quality of the peas, while the counter-beater has only a speed of about ten to forty revolutions in a minute, revolving, as will be seen, in the same direction as the beater, or, if necessary,. in the opposite direction. The peas, having been put into the hopper, fall in the empty space where the beater moves, and are conducted gradually to the other end, where they escape; but during this time — in consequence of the spiral form given to the beaters — they are crushed and shelled between the beaters and counter-beaters. The counter-beater renews, in revolving continually, the contacts, lifts up the mass, throws it back on the beater and acts in such way that all husks are crushed and emptied without accumulating towards the bottom, and also without the peas being smashed, or even damaged.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Chisholm

3. ““(2) The process of gathering and hulling green peas consisting in removing the vines from the ground with the green peas attached, subjecting the vines and attached peas while green to impact of the character described and separating the hulled green peas from the refuse.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Chisholm