Hart v. Squier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““That Gordon Leonard Hart, alias Melvin G. Baker, alias J. R. Kelly, alias John Prutil, alias A. Russell, whose true and full name is to the grand jurors unknown, on or about the 31st day of August, 1945, at Seattle, in the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, then and there being, did then and there knowingly, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, and for the purpose of defrauding the United States, utter and publish as true upon one W. A. Look, a pharmacist, a certain false writing, being a prescription for narcotic drugs issued by Wm. C. Riddell, M. D., a registered physician, and purportedly issued to Melvin G. Baker, 902, 6th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, which was the false and fictitious name and address given by the said defendant, thereby to procure a certain derivative of opium, to wit, One-half (%) grain of Dilaudid, the said Gordon Leonard Hart, alias Melvin G. Baker, alias J. R. Kelly, alias John Prutil, alias A. Russell, then and there well knowing the same to be false and fictitious as aforesaid; contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the United States of America.””

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