Johnson v. Browne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

100 federal appellate · 6 district · 20 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 193 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “, “While the escape of criminals is, of course, to be very greatly deprecated, it is still most important that a treaty of this nature between sovereignties should be construed in accordance with the highest good faith, and that it should not be sought, by doubtful construction of some of its provisions, to obtain the extradition of a person for one offense and then punish him for another and different offense.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States ex rel. Donnelly v. Mulligan · State v. Pang

2. “[w]hether the crime came within the provision of the treaty was a matter for the decision of the Dominion authorities, and such decision was final by the express terms of the treaty itself.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Larry R. Melton Marshall R. Melton Randall W. Melton · United States v. Tom J. Billman

3. “[A] later treaty will not be regarded as repealing an earlier statute by implication, unless the two are absolutely incompatible and the statute cannot be enforced without antagonizing the treaty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jamieson v. Comm'r · Kappus v. Commissioner