Murrin v. Sheldon’s Empirical Analysis
1936
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1940
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weintz v. Kramer · Fox v. Thibault · Gordon v. Stanley · Brown v. Gunning's Curatrix · Ballew v. Andrus's
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * Sheldon was dealing with property which did not belong to him, and therefore he was obviously acting for another; the ‘other’ being the partnership composed of himself and Garrett, which partnership is a separate legal entity from the members who compose it.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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