Pickering v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is the general rule in this jurisdiction, established by many previous decisions of this court, that, in determining whether or not a contract is usurious, the interest to be paid under the terms of the loan should be computed for the entire period of the loan. If the interest thus computed does not exceed the maximum legal rate of 10 per cent per annum, the contract is not usurious. “We therefore hold that, as applied to this case, the fact that a greater rate of interest than 10 per cent per annum was charged, reserved, or collected during the first year of the loan does not render the contract usurious, when the total interest charged, reserved, and collected, when distributed throughout the period of the loan, does not exceed the maximum legal rate allowed by law.””

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

2. ““As hereinabove shown, the answer and cross-petition of the defendants Taylor failed to state, and the evidence failed to prove, facts constituting a defense of usury or of conspiracy to commit usury to plaintiff’s action. There being no issue of fact to be tried, the judgment is reversed, with instructions to the trial court to render judgment in favor of plaintiff establishing his lien for the amount sued 'for, and for foreclosure thereof.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Taylor v. First Mtg. Loan Co.