304 F. Supp. 56 - Walker v. Pointer’s Empirical Analysis

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20 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The discussion of the Court in Jones indicates that the institution of slavery prompting the Thirteenth Amendment was ordinarily associated with the black man. Yet whites too have historically been susceptible to enslavement in many countries throughout the centuries. In this country white slavery was known to exist during the antebellum period in the South. Current statutes punishing practices relating to slavery continually refer to the victimization of ‘any person.’ 18 U.S.C. §§ 1581-1588 . The bar against involuntary servitude has been invoked by the courts in numerous contexts where race is immaterial.” Id. at 58 (footnotes omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 392 F. Supp. 90 - Hollander v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

2. “Thus, when Congress provided in § 1 of the Civil Rights Act that the right to purchase and lease property was to be enjoyed equally throughout the United States by Negro and white citizens alike, it plainly meant to secure that right against interference from any source whatever, whether governmental or private.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Terry v. Elmwood Cemetery

3. “avail-ab[le] to white plaintiffs as part of a greater class of 'all citizens.’ ” Id. The court rejected the proposition that § 1982 covered”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Executive Sandwich Shoppe, Inc. v. Carr Realty Corp.