Smith v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““Does the petition state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action? We think it does. Prom the foregoing statement of facts it appears that the contest of Turner to have this land declared partnership assets was, in fact, rejected by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the very apparent ground that the department could not administer the equities in this ease between the heirs of Blaekstone and tbe creditors of Blackstone & Co. Tbe secretary also directed the deed to issue to Clarence W. Turner and the heirs of Pleasant N. Blackstone, by his letter of September 15, 1908. Without further bearing, as far as this record discloses, or without any additional notice to the Blackstone heirs, the deed was issued to Clarence W. Tprner as surviving partner .of Blaekstone & Co. This deed, it is true, was approved by the 'Secretary of the Interior, but tlje record is silent as to why this change was made.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Kennedy