Gleason v. Thaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate ·

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.

1. ““We construed Ms pleading á.s a declaration on contract, and that construction is binding upon both parties. Inasmuch as the earlier action was disposed of on the pleadings, the alleged contract was taken as established. That contract, made August 8, 1906, was found to be that: ‘Defendant agreed that she would herself, in her own behalf as head of the family, make all the disbursements (other than payments to plaintiff) that were expedient on account of the indictment and that such payments should be chargeable against her son only as advancements; i. e., advancements on what he would receive at her death, one-third of such advancements to be remitted under her will.’ We affirmed the dismissal of the complaint in that prior action, because the facts averred did not show a breach of the contract pleaded, and on the pleadings taken as proved.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gleason v. Thaw · Gleason v. Thaw