Pelham v. Way’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “by force of the said statute, and the public warning of the President of the United States, the said estate, credits, and effects of him, the said Henry Pelham, so described as aforesaid, became and were forfeited to the United States, and that the same were liable to be condemned as enemies’ property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pelham v. Way

2. “May 2,1863. “In obedience to the within warrant, I have arrested the property within-mentioned, and have cited all persons having or pretending to have any right, title, or interest therein, as by the said warrant I am commanded to do. “D. G. Rose, “ Marshal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pelham v. Way

3. “to a writ of monition in a libel by the United States against the following described credits and effects of Henry Pelham, . . . that is to say, one promissory note for $7000, executed by Lewis Pelham to the said Henry.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pelham v. Way