White v. Murtha’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate ·

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

1. “The Trustee challenges the allowance by the district court of a set-off against the Pension Fund's liability to the Bankruptcy Trustee for amounts paid by the Pension Fund in satisfaction of operating expenses incurred by Connelly as debtor in possession under the Bankruptcy. Such expenses would normally be entitled to a first-priority status as expenses of administration of the bankrupt estate. Ingels v. Boteler, 9th Cir., 1938, 100 F.2d 915, aff'd, 308 U.S. 57, 60 S.Ct 29, 84 L.Ed. 78, rehearing denied 308 U.S. 521 , 60 S.Ct. 29, 84 L.Ed. 442. 6”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. Murtha

2. “While of course it is true that the intent of the parties is controlling in construing the language of a contract or deed, this canon is often misleadingly used. The private intents of the parties, even though they may be shown to be identical, are not the measure of their rights or duties; [the measure is] rather that meaning which the law will impute to the words they have used, which is generally speaking, that which a reasonable person would suppose them to carry.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Padilla v. Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico

3. ““Effect is accorded a manifested intention of the parties that a mortgage of a hotel or apartment building shall cover the entire establishment, furnished and equipped as a unit, or that it shall cover articles of personal property used in connection with the premises, even though they are not a part of the realty by the fixation and are not acquired until after the execution of the mortgage.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Dover's Landing, Inc.