Heaton v. Schaeffer’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 16 state decisions

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

1. ““A consideration of the statutes quoted and cases cited, together with the case of Symms Grocer Co. v. Burnham, Hanna, Munger & Co., 6 Okla. 618 , 52 Pac. 918 , leads to the conclusion that in this jurisdiction a partnership is, to some extent, a separate entity from the individuals who compose it, and that the members of a firm are not directly liable upon a debt of the partnership, but their liability arises out of their connection with the firm, and is only traceable through the firm, and must be established by a judgment against the firm.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holmes v. Alexander

2. ““Many states have by statute made all contracts which were joint at common law both joint and several, and under such statutes an individual judgment can be rendered against one partner on a partnership debt. Our statute with reference to' partnership debts makes them the joint debts of the partners.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. WB Johnston Grain Company v. Self

3. ““Every general partner is liable to third persons for all the obligations of the partnership, jointly with his copartners.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Buell v. Hall