Prince v. Bartlett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘•In case oí insolvency, the United States are not entitled to priority of payment, unless the insolvency be a legal and known insolvency, manifested by some notorious act of the debtor, pursuant to law.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Davis v. Pullen · Equitable Trust Co. of New York v. Connecticut Brass & Mfg. Corp.

2. ““The words of the act extend the meaning of the word ‘insolvency’ to cases where ‘a debtor, not' having sufficient property to pay all his debts, shall have made a voluntary assignment thereof, for the benefit of his or her creditors.’ The word ‘property’ is unquestionably all the property which the debtor possesses; and the word ‘thereof’ refers to the word ‘property’ as used, and can only be satisfied by an assignment of all the property of the debtor. Had the Legislature contemplated a partial assignment, the words ‘or part thereof,’ or others of similar import, would have been added.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Adams · Equitable Trust Co. of New York v. Connecticut Brass & Mfg. Corp.

3. ““In all cases of insolvency, or where any estate in the hands of the executors, administrators or assigns shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt or debts due to the United States * * * shall be first satisfied.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Equitable Trust Co. of New York v. Connecticut Brass & Mfg. Corp.