The Alabama’s Empirical Analysis

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10 federal appellate · 15 district ·

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

1. ““The elevator was capable of being, and its business required it to be, navigated from one place to another. When in place and in operation, it lifted grain and placed it aboard another water craft to be transported. Exactly the same may be said of the dredgeboat Alabama, except that it lifted mud instead of grain. Each aided commerce, — the one by loading grain in transit, the other by removing obstructions in the way of commerce by water.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lawrence v. Flatboat

2. “. “The parties to this case have treated the dredge and scows as one thing, one plant, built and operated as one, as one complete whole carrying on one business, and having but one purpose. If the parties are right, in thus treating the dredgeboat and scows as one craft or thing, then it seems clear that the purpose and business of that craft is largely navigation and water transportation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Charles Barnes Co. v. One Dredge Boat