Kilkenney v. Bockius’s Empirical Analysis
187 F. 382 · 1911
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
December 1939
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Cohens v. Virginia · Cohens v. Virginia · The "Atlas." · The Steamer New Philadelphia · Bennett v. Fifield
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.
““The mere unintentional concurrence of the acts of two distinct parties resulting in damage to the plaintiff does not give him an action against the parties jointly, but a separate action against each of them.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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