Whitaker v. Beach’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Such is a common signification of the word, and unless it have that meaning here it is entirely superfluous. If the Legislature intended that a single insertion in the paper should be sufficient, they would have expressed this intention much more clearly by omitting ‘for,’ and saying only ‘at least thirty days.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. Bancroft Drainage Dist.

2. ““The notice must be first published at least thirty days before the day of sale, and continued in each successive issue of the paper up to the day of sale.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co. v. Bancroft Drainage Dist.