Paddock v. Siemoneit’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 2 district · 43 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'except by abandonment or a voluntary conveyance'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Western Fire Insurance Co. v. Sanchez · United States v. Rodgers

2. “Undoubtedly, as a director and the managing officer of the corporation, Siemo-neit occupied the position of a fiduciary toward the company .... Nevertheless, the texts cited point out that the officer and directors of corporations are not strictly trustees, and that their duties and liabilities are not necessarily identical with those of other fiduciaries. The character and consequences of the acts of an officer or director have apparently been determined on the basis of the facts of each case. Acts which might well be considered breaches of trust as to other fiduciaries have not always been so regarded in cases of corporate officers or directors.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. C.H. Leavell & Co. v. Leavell Co.

3. ““In determining the meaning of Federal laws, this Court is controlled by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. * * * In this instance, however, there does not appear to be any decisions by the United States Supreme Court which is directly in point, and we have to try to arrive at the meaning of the statute from that Court’s opinions in more or less analogous cases.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau