Nigro v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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124 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 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 214 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Congress intended not only to punish sales without registration * * * but also to punish them without order forms from the purchaser to the seller, as a means of making it difficult for the unregistered seller to carry through his unlawful sales to those who could not get order forms.” 276 U.S. at 350 , 48 S.Ct. at 393 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Minor

2. ““In interpreting the act, we must assume that it is a taxing measure, for otherwise it would be no law at all. If it is a mere act for the purpose of regulating and restraining the purchase of the opiate and other drugs, it is beyond the power of Congress and must be regarded as invalid____”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 773 F. Supp. 117 - United States v. Rock Island Armory, Inc.

3. “Congress by merely calling an act a taxing act cannot make it a legitimate exercise of taxing power under § 8 of article 1 of the Federal Constitution, if in fact the words of the act show clearly its real purpose is otherwise.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 773 F. Supp. 117 - United States v. Rock Island Armory, Inc.