Richards v. Ernst Wiener Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 5 district · 31 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The contract itself, therefore, was perfectly legal subject to certain limitations upon its enforceability. If when the time came defendant had a sufficient surplus, the contract would be enforced.. If it had not, the contract could not be enforced.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Tichenor-Grand Co. · In re Fechheimer Fisher Co.

2. ““A director- of a stock corporation, wlio concurs in any vote or act of tlie directors of such corporation, or any of -them, by which it is intended: * * * (5) To apply any portion of the funds of such corporation, except surplus profits, directly or indirectly, to the purchase of shares of its own stock — is guilty of a misdemeanor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Fechheimer Fisher Co.

3. ““He could resell, but for tbe provisions of tbe Penal Law.”,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Tichenor-Grand Co.