Mitchell v. Stevens’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““1. A combined letter sheet and envelope, comprising a transversely scored sheet of thick paper or cardboard having upper and lower flap portions and an intermediate portion, said portions adapted to be folded together, and, when folded, forming an open-ended envelope, and one of said flap portions being formed to receive an inclosure and hold it against endwise movement in the envelope thus formed, substantially as described.” “7. A device of the class specified, comprising a folded letter sheet provided with a cross-slot, a postal inserted in said slot, and a sticker holding said letter in closed condition.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stevens v. Mitchell