Origet v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 federal appellate · 10 district · 33 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 116 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he merchandise is to be forfeited irrespective of any criminal prosecution . . . The person punished for the offence may be an entirely different person from the owner of the merchandise, or any person interested in it. The forfeiture of the goods of the principal can form no part of the personal punishment of his agent''). As Justice Story explained: 15”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Food Conservation Act · 33 Wash. 2d 816 - State v. Nelson

2. ““This cannot be regarded as a proper signature by the judge to a bill of exceptions, nor can the paper be regarded for the purposes of review as a. bill of exceptions. To make it clear that a seal to a bill of exceptions was not necessary to its validity, Congress, by section 4, of the act of June 1, 1872, ( 17 Stat. 197 , c. 255), now section 953 of the Revised Statutes, [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 096], enacted as follows: ‘A bill of exceptions allowed in any cause-shall be deemed sufficiently authenticated if signed by the judge of the court in which the cause was tried, or by the presiding judge thereof, if more than one judge sat on the trial of the cause, without any seal of court or -judge being annexed thereto.’ This provision merely dispensed with the seal. The necessity for the signature still remains. We cannot regard the initials ‘A. B.’ as the signature of the judge, or as a sufficient authentication of the bill of exceptions, or as sufficient evidence of its allowance by the judge or the-court. Therefore, the questions purporting to be raised by the paper cannot be considered.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oxford & Coast Line R. v. Union Bank of Richmond · Delespine v. State

3. ““ . . . shall, for each offense, be fined in any sum not exceeding five thousand dollars nor less than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned for any time not exceeding two years, or both; and, in addition to such fine, such merchandise shall he forfeited.” (Italics ours.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Food Conservation Act · 33 Wash. 2d 816 - State v. Nelson