Miller v. Gallusser’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 1957
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Meinhard v. Salmon · Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * A constructive trust is the formula through which the conscience of equity finds expression. When property has been acquired in such circumstances that the holder of the legal title may not in good conscience retain the beneficial interest, equity converts him into a trustee. Moore v. Crawford, 130 U.S. 122, 128 , 9 S.Ct. 447 , 32 L.Ed. 878 ; Pomeroy Eq.Jur. sec. 1053 * * *.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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