No 17223’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. United States · United States v. One 1950 Lincoln Sedan · United States v. Dodd · Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. United States · United States v. One 1955 Model Ford Convertible Automobile
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * if it appears that the interest asserted by the claimant arises out of or is in any way subject to any contract or agreement under which any person having a record or reputation for violating laws of the United States or of any State relating to liquor has a right with respect to such vehicle or aircraft, that, before such claimant acquired his interest, or such other person acquired his right under such contract or agreement, whichever occurred later, the claimant, his officer or agent, was informed in answer to his inquiry, at the headquarters of the sheriff, chief of police, principal Federal internal-revenue officer engaged in the enforcement of the liquor laws, or other principal local or Federal law-enforcement officer of the locality in which such other person acquired his right under such contract or agreement, of the locality in which such other person then resided, and of each locality in which the claimant has made any other inquiry as to the character or financial standing of such other person, that such other person had no such record or reputation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Of course, we must test this [compliance with a condition of section 3617] by the terms of the statute. Without it Courts are powerless to mitigate against forfeiture no matter how harsh [citation omitted]. So too, where the words of the statute, sensibly construed, cover the situation, Courts cannot apply some other standard or policy. “The granting of relief under this statute is not a matter of equity and since it is not the court has no power' to relax the express provisions of the statute.” [Section 3617]. (Citations omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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