United States v. Wanamaker’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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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.

1. ““Collodion and all compounds of pyroxylin, whether known as celluloid or by any other name, 50 cents per pound; rolled or in sheets, unpolished, and not made up into articles, 60 cents per pound; if in finished or partly finished articles, and articles of which collodion or any compound of pyroxylin is the component material of chief value, 65 cents per pound and 25 per cent, ad valorem.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Strauss Bros. & Co.

2. ““An article constructed for the amusement of children; a plaything, as a doll or Noah’s ark; hence: any trifling or amusing object; any bauble or knickknack; trinket; trifle.” Standard Diet.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Strauss Bros. & Co.