Miller v. Murray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Among other requisites of a bill of this nature, in addition to the grievances which would warrant this kind of relief to the company, .it was held that before the shareholder could be allowed to conduct a litigation he should satisfactorily show that he had exhausted all the means within his reach to obtain, within the corporation itself, redress of his grievances. In addition to making an earnest effort to induce the managing body of the corporation to seek relief, he must further show, if. he fails with the directors, that he has made an honest effort to obtain relief through the stockholders as a body, if time permits or has permitted him to do so. And if this be not done he must show cause why it could not be done or that it would be unreasonable to require it. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ide v. Bascomb

2. ““The vast and increasing importance of the business transacted by corporations and the immense number of stockholders in many of these companies, require that the court should closely scrutinize actions brought by stockholders where the cause of action is primarily one belonging to the company. If it be once conceded that such companies may be embarrassed and subjected to cost and expense by every stockholder who thinks he has a grievance, the usefulness of corporations would be seriously crippled. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Bulkley