Bass v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““However, inasmuch as appellant was the principal stockholder in the bank and vitally interested in dividends and in its having cash resources on hand at all times, we think it competent to introduce in evidence the management and conduct of the bank at the time of these transactions, so far as it throws any light on appellant’s purpose, all of which is open to explanation by him. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wood, Jr. v. Commonwealth