McBride v. Gwynn’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. ““The Irregularities of the sale were such as would undoubtedly have been accepted as sufficient to cause the sale to be set aside, and a new one ordered, upon a motion made immediately after the sale; but that was not done, and no objection to .the sale appears to have been brought forward until two years .after it was made. Under such circumstances, unless the matters complained ,of are such as make the sale void, or of such extraordinary character as to show that it was entirely unfair and unreasonable, they ought not to be allowed or entertained.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nevada Nickel Syndicate, Ltd. v. National Nickel Co.