State v. Simons’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 77B (§ 2 of the Securities Act of 1933)
Relies on State v. Whiteaker · State v. Evans · Wright v. Wimberly · Landers v. Van Aukin
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.
“"* * * Instruments of one kind or another do pass from hand to hand in the formation of any organization, whether a corporation, partnership, or what not. Sometimes such instruments must be regarded as securities under the law, sometimes not."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pratt v. Kross“"* * * The use of the provisions of the Limited Partnership Act, ch 252, Oregon Laws 1943, as a cloak to legalize the acts of the defendants in this case is an inadmissible expedient."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pratt v. Kross
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.