Peifer v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
106 F. 938 · 1901
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on McClain v. Ortmayer · Morgan Envelope Co. v. Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co. · Knapp v. Morss · Keystone Bridge Company v. Phoenix Iron Company · Railroad Company v. Mellon
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A straight draft metallurgical furnace, having- a heating chamber terminating in a neck, and a stack over the neck, the air spaces in the side walls of the neck extending above and below its floor line, provided below the floor line with a series of cold air inlet ports opening through the outer side walls, and flues connecting, the upper side of the air spaces with the interior of the furnace, whereby the draft will cause cold air to be drawn through the ports and impinge against the sides of the neck just below its floor line, substantially as set forth.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Peifer v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
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