Brewster v. Tuthill Spring Co.’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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As to the first point made, that complainant has an adequate remedy at law, I can see no reason why the complainant in an action at law cannot recover all the damages for the breach of this contract that could be awarded by a court of equity, and could have action for successive breaches of the same; and by section 724 of the revised statutes complainant can compel the production of defendants’ books to the same ex nt that this court can do sitting as a court of equity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Victor G. Bloede Co. of Baltimore City v. Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co.