State v. Dobson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In a prosecution for violation of the speculative securities act by sale of unregistered securities by an unregistered agent, it appeared the agent procured a person to advance to a corporation the sum of $100, for which he was to receive and did receive the company’s promissory note for $100, and as a bonus, one hundred shares of the company’s capital stock. Held, there was a sale of the shares of stock, within the meaning of R. S. 1931 Supp. 17-1223 (2).” (Syl. H 1.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. MacLean

2. ““It is plain the note was a security disposed of to Keith for value, precisely as if it had been a bond. The shares of stock were also securities which were in fact included in the transaction of disposition for value to Keith of the other security. While it was definitely understood that if Keith advanced $100 to the company he would get both the note and the shares of stock, he was told, in the course of the negotiations, the company was not selling stock.” (p. 446.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. MacLean

3. ““Any security given or delivered as a bonus with any sale of securities, as such sale is herein defined, or with any other thing, shall be conclusively presumed to constitute a part of the subject of such sale and to have been sold for value.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. MacLean