State v. Fary’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 21 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person who, by means of any false statement made orally or in writing, obtains from the state of New Jersey or any county or municipality or from any officer, committee, commission or body thereof, or from any private or charitable organization or association of any kind, any money, personal property or other valuable thing, if the value or price thereof is less than $200, is a disorderly person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fary

2. “The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this subtitle when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fary

3. “It seems obvious that the crime charged clearly falls within the terms of this statute insofar as it relates to obtaining a negotiable instrument through false statements and representations. But the defendants contend that the checks of the municipality were not”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fary