Sayre v. W M’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate ·

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.

1. “without passing upon any of such hypothetical amendments, we think that appellant[s] should be afforded the opportunity to amend and the appellees an opportunity to invoke the ruling of the district court as to jurisdiction and as to the merits on such specific amendment or amendments, as the appellant[s] may offer. Only in that way, and further perhaps by motion or motions for summary judgment and affidavits in support of and in opposition thereto, can either the district court or this Court be certain that it is passing upon an actual rather than a supposed or fictitious controversy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stanley J. Breier, Dba Bayshore Bowl v. Northern California Bowling Proprietors' Association, a Corporation, Monument Bowl, Inc., a California Corporation v. Northern California Bowling Proprietors' Association, a Corporation