Lay v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “It is first insisted that a properly authenticated demand was never presented to the administrator. But the administrator admitted that appellee had presented to him”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kohler-McLister Paint Co. v. Rafferty

2. “On the back of this letter, without date, Lay wrote:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kohler-McLister Paint Co. v. Rafferty