Reed v. Raymond’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““An affidavit of defense is insufficient to prevent judgment, unless it sets forth all the facts necessary to constitute a substantial defense. Mere general averments amounting to legal conclusions will not do. The specific facts must be stated, so that the court may draw proper conclusions. Nothing should be left to conjecture, for that which is not stated must he tallen not to exist. These principles have been repeatedly declared and enforced. * * * Finally, the general allegations, without further specification, that the plaintiff ‘has not complied with its contract,’ and that the defendant ‘has already been put to great delay and expense and damages to the amount of $10,000’ are altogether too vague, indefinite, and uncertain, as the authorities cited at the opening of this opinion demonstrate. The court below was entirely right in holding that the affidavit of defense was insufficient, and in entering judgment for the plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hoopes v. Northern Nat. Bank