Silver v. Lansburgh & Bro.’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 11 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The practice of optometry is defined to be the examination of the human eye for the purpose of ascertaining any departure from the normal, measuring its functional powers and adopting mechanical means for the aid thereof.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fields v. District of Columbia · Lee Optical Co. of Alabama, Inc. v. State Board of Optometry

2. ““We have considered the cases, and are of opinion the best considered adopt the view that optometry is not ‘one of the learned professions.’ “Optometry is said by a well known writer on the subject not to be a part of medicine, ‘either by inheritance, basic principles, development or practice.’ It is ‘an applied arm of optical science resting upon the work and discoveries of physicists and opticians through the ages down' to modern times. It does not treat the eye, whether in health or disease, but adapts the light waves which enter the eye, in accordance with optical principles so as to produce focused and single vision with the least abnormal exertion on the part of the eye.’ Arrington’s History of Optometry, p. 24 (1929).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee Optical Co. of Alabama, Inc. v. State Board of Optometry