Smith v. Gilliam’s Empirical Analysis

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4 district ·

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

1. ““It is clear that, in so far as it is a feature at all, revenue is an incident only, and not the primary purpose of the act, and it therefore follows that the act does not fall within the terms of section 7 of article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, providing that ‘all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.’ ‘Bills for raising revenue,’ it is generally thought, are such as ‘levy taxes in the strict sense of the word’; and the constitutional limitation ‘has not been understood to extend to bills for other purposes, which may incidentally create revenue.’ Story on the Constitution, § 880; United States v. Norton, 91 U. S. 566 , 23 L. Ed. 454 ; Twin City Bank v. Nebeker, 167 U. S. 196 , 17 S. Ct. 766 , 42 L. Ed. 134 ; Millard v. Roberts, 202 U. S. 429 , 26 S. Ct. 674 , 50 L. Ed. 1090 .””

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

2. ““The commissioner, his assistants, agents, and inspectors, and all other officers of the United States, whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws, shall have all the. power and protection in the enforcement of this act or any provisions thereof which is conferred by law for the enforcement of existing laws relating to the manufaetu're or sale of intoxicating liquors under the law of the United State^.” Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 10138y2o.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Moody