Schmidt v. Chambers’s Empirical Analysis

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20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The central question is, was the stock that was voted helpful in achieving the office or salary with which the trustee became vested. The lower court thought that it was and so do we.” Id. 37, 38 . Consequently, Chambers was removed as co-executor and testamentary trustee and required to account to the estate for the emoluments he received as the result of his voting the trust-owned stock of the company. Significantly in that case, the Court found that there was no intention on the part of the testator to protect the Louis Company,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rubin v. Goldman

2. ““If Chambers had been guilty of fraud, bad faith or had instituted frivolous litigation without justification, then there might have been some merit to the appellants’ demands that he make payment for attorney’s fees, etc., however, the lower court found that this was not the case and we see no reason to disturb its ruling. See Sinclair Estates v. Guthrie, 223 Md. 572, 575 , 165 A. 2d 775 (1960); McGaw v. Acker, Merrall & C. Co., [supra].” 265 Md. at 40 (emphasis added).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Empire Realty Co. v. Fleisher