Goldy v. Gerber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““People engaging in the business of industrial banking, as well as other businesses, seek profits and personal gain. They have a right to go into the banking business unless it be made to appear that in so doing their activities will adversely affect the safety, peace, good order, morals, comfort, or welfare of the people. To prevent one from engaging in a lawful business it is necessary that there be proof and findings of failure to comply with the statutes or that a detriment to the public health, morals or welfare would follow issuance of the license. This record is devoid of any evidence or even suggestion that applicants’ proposed operations will adversely affect anyone other than competitors.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Banking Board v. Turner Industrial Bank