Bird v. Stein’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. “* * * A man may not step into and out of the role of trustee as his personal interest dictates; it is easier to step into the role than it is to step out of it; and the evidence in this case over-whelmingly shows that Lawrence Stein assumed the role of trustee under his father's will and acted in that capacity many times to his pecuniary advantage. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bird v. Stein