State v. O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““Every director, officer or agent of any corporation or joint stock association, and every person engaged in organizing or promoting any enterprise, who shall knowingly make or publish or concur in making or publishing any written prospectus, report, exhibit or statement of its affairs or pecuniary condition, containing any material statement that is false or exaggerated, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Pierce

2. ““This public policy, however, would not apply to directors who, by reason of their position, manage and direct the corporation, or its stockholders who are entitled to inspect the books of the company and participate in its affairs. As to them, the person who makes the report should be held to answer for a crime only when the report was made with intent to deceive. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Pierce