Agar v. Orda’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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

1. “Plaintiff contends that title to 200 shares of stock passed to the defendant at the moment the seller received stock sufficient to meet its obligation to the defendant. No weight can be given to this contention,.in view of the provision of the .Uniform Stock Transfer Act that title to shares of stock can be transferred only by delivery. Personal Property Law, § 162, as added by Laws 1913, 0.600 * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bendix v. Commissioner

2. “* * * The decision in Friedman v. Bachmann purports to lay down a definite rule on a subject of widespread commercial interest. Although the historical correctness of this rule may be challenged, it reflects a practical rather than a legalistic conception of the status of shares of corporate stock, and tends to conform to the needs of modern business practice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mott v. Commissioner