Doyle v. Union Pac Ry Co’s Empirical Analysis

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62 federal appellate · 8 district · 41 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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that the remarks made by the judge must have indicated to the jury that his own view was against the plaintiff’s right to recover. But it has often been held by this court that it is not a reversible error in the judge to express his own opinion of the facts, if the rules of law are correctly laid down, and if the jury are given to understand that they are not bound by such opinion. Baltimore & P. R. R. Co. v. Fifth Baptist Church, 137 U.S. 568 , 11 Sup.Ct.Rep. 185 , [ 34 L.Ed. 784 ;] [34:784]; Simmons v. United States, 142 U.S. 148 , 12 Sup.Ct.Rep. 171 , [ 35 L.Ed. 968 ].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winston v. United States

2. ““The vendor and vendee, in the absence of special circumstances, are to be considered as acting at arms length.” “When the means of information as to the facts and circumstances affecting the value of the subject of sale are equally accessible to both parties, and neither of them does anything to impose upon the other, the disclosure of any superior knowledge which one party may have over the other is not requisite to the validity of the contract.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Car & Foundry Co. v. Merchants' Despatch Transp. Co.

3. ““It is, however, well settled that the law does not imply any warranty * * * that no accident should befall the tenant from external forces * * *.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Marine Upholstery Co. v. Minsky