Lewis v. Braun’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 16 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(O)n the total amount recovered up to the sum or value of $65,000 the fee and payment for services shall be 20 per cent thereof ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McKee Inc., a New York Corporation v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, an Illinois Body Politic and Corporate, McKee Inc., a New York Corporation, Interpleader v. Monticello Realty Corporation, Interpleader and World Express, Inc., Interpleader · McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. v. Board of Education

2. “An equitable assignment is such an assignment as gives the assignee a title which, though not cognizable at law, equity will recognize and protect. There must be an implied appropriation of the fund, or of some designated part, proportion or percentage of it, to act as an equitable assignment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. v. Board of Education