Sinnickson v. Gale’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “For serving every execution, if for one hundred Dollars or less, one dollar; and if above that sum, two cents on every dollar, to be computed on the amount of the debt , or damages, paid, or secured to the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dobin v. Golden (In re Smith)

2. “the legislature never intended to give the sheriff ... a commission for sales over and above the amount required to satisfy the execution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dobin v. Golden (In re Smith)