The Bank of the United States v. James Daniel et al.’s Empirical Analysis

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19 federal appellate · 5 district · 41 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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Testing the case by the principle ‘ that a mistake or ignorance of the law forms no ground of relief from contracts fairly entered into, with a full knowledge-of the facts,’ and under circumstances repelling all presumptions of fraud, imposition, or undue advantage having been taken of the party, none of which are chargeable upon the appellants in this case, the question then is, were the complainants entitled to relief? To which we respond decidedly in the negative.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hamblin v. Bishop

2. “If the thousand dollars claimed as damages were paid to the bank at the time the bill of exchange was taken up, then the cause of action to recover the money (had it been well founded) accrued at the time the mistaken payment was made, which could 'have been rectified in equity, or the money recovered back by a suit at law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Merchants' Bank

3. ““The main question on which relief was sought by the bill, that on which the decree below proceeded, and on which the appellees rely in this court for its affirmance, is, can a court of chancery relieve against a mistake of law?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hamblin v. Bishop