Hood v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The purpose of an award of damages is to compensate the veteran rather than to penalize the employer, and the court is vested with discretionary power to fix the award so that it will not exceed the amount which the veteran has actually lost by reason of the employer’s wrongful action. Boston & Maine Railroad v. Bentubo, 1 Cir., 160 F.2d 326 ; John S. Doane Co. v. Martin, 1 Cir., 164 F.2d 537 . “ * * * [Petitioner] received state unemployment compensation in the amount of $120, and to this extent wage loss is reduced in computing an award of damages.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 440 F. Supp. 822 - Chernoff v. Pandick Press, Inc.