Brewer v. Rust’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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

1. ““That any bank or trust company now or hereafter organized under the laws of Arkansas or any other state may transact such business in the Indian Territory as is authorized by its charter, and that is not inconsistent with the laws in force in the Indian Territory, and may loan money and contract for the payment of the same at a rate of interest not to exceed the sum of eight per centum per annum and a like rate for a period less than a year: Provided, that the lawful interest in said territory shall be six per centum when no rate of interest is agreed upon, but in no case shall the interest exceed eight per centum per annum.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Merrell

2. ““The 8 per cent, rate of interest prescribed by the proviso to section 8 of the act of Congress of 1901, entitled cAn act to nut in force in the Indian Territory certain provisions of laws of Arkansas relating to corporations, and to make said provisions applicable to said territory/ is restricted to banks or trust companies organized under the laws of Arkansas, or any other state authorized by section 8 to transact business in the Indian Territory; and said proviso did not provide a general interest law for the Indian Territory, or repeal or modify chapter 109, Mansf. Dig. (chapter 50, Ind. T. Ann. St. 1899).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Merrell