Crocker v. Malley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

109 federal appellate · 30 district · 32 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 266 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The function of the trustees is not to manage the mills, but simply to collect the rents and income of such property as may be in their hands,” etc.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malley v. Bowditch · Hynes v. Commissioner

2. ““Tbe trust that bas been described would not fall within any familiar conception of a joint-stock association.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Smietanka · Malley v. Howard

3. “‘There can be little doubt that in Massachusetts this arrangement would be held to create a trust and nothing more. ‘The certificate holders * * *• are in no way associated together, nor is there any provision in the [instrument] for any meeting to be held by them. The only act which (under the [declaration of] trust) they can do is to consent to an alteration * * * of the trust.’ and to the other matters that we have mentioned. They are confined to giving or withholding assent, and the giving or withholding it ‘is not to be had in a meeting, but is to be given by them individually.’ ‘The sole „ right of the eestuis que trust is to have the property administered in their interest by the trustees, who are the masters, to receive income while the trust lasts, and their share of the corpus when the trust comes to an end.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malley v. Howard