Zamore v. Whitten’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 3 district · 36 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A “security” is an instrument which: 1. Is issued in bearer or registered form; and 2. Is of a type commonly dealt in upon securities exchanges or markets or commonly recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment; and 3. Is either one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of instruments; and 4. Evidences a share, participation or other interest in property or in an enterprise or evidences an obligation of the issuer.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Baker · Marmott v. Maryland Lumber Co.

2. “'The construction of an unambiguous written contract is a question of law for the Court. An agreement, complete in itself, speaks for itself. Its meaning, the promises it makes and the duties or obligations it imposes, are questions of law for the court.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Century Homes, Inc. v. Plaisted · Triple-A Baseball Club Associates v. Northeastern Baseball, Inc.

3. “whether the jury verdict could be sustained on any reasonable view of the evidence, bearing in mind our duty as an appellate court to look at the evidence, together with all justifiable inferences therefrom, in the light most favorable to the party in whose favor the jury verdict was returned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dupont v. Randall