Law v. Stokes’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`A principal is bound by the acts of his agent within the authority he has actually given him, which includes not only the precise act which he expressly authorized him to do, but also whatever usually belong to the doing of it or is necessary to its performance.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kukje Hwajae Insurance Co., Ltd., a Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. The "M/v Hyundai Liberty," Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., in Rem, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant, and Glory Express, Inc., a Business Entity, in Personam, Glory Express, Inc., a California Corporation, Third-Party v. Streamline Shippers Association, a California Corporation, Third-Party and Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., a Business Entity, Does 1-10 Inclusive, Third-Party

2. “all remittances on account, or in settlement of bills, must be made direct to the principal; salesman not authorized to collect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 8 N.J. Super. 130 - Mesce v. Automobile Association of New Jersey