Glenn v. Abell’s Empirical Analysis
39 F. 10 · 1889
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
May 1901
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Civil Rights Cases · Upton Assignee v. Tribilcock · Scovill v. Thayer · Hawkins v. Glenn · Sanger v. Upton
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.
““The liability to pay was fixed; the time — the precise moment when to pay — may have been uncertain. The subscription was an absolute promise, ‘debitum in prsesenti’; a part, possibly, ‘solvendum in futuro.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cobb v. Overman
How this case has been treated — in progress
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