Wright v. Barnard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““For the reasons hereinbefore given the complainant must be held, entitled to receive * * * damages representing the net pecuniary loss sustained by the complainant from being wrongfully deprived through the fraud of the defendants of the opportunity of receiving the specified salary' of $5,000 a year from the time to which it was paid as aforesaid until January 1, 1922; such net pecuniary loss to be ascertained, in the light of the circumstances of the case, including probabilities of life,’the complainant’s earning capacity, and the extent to which he has offset, or had the opportunity of offsetting, or may reasonably be expected to offset, his loss with respect to the nonreceipt of the specified salary. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wright v. Barnard