Selectile Co. v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “Slabs * * * of marble, * * * : Containing not less than four superficial inches: * * * * * * * If polished in whole or in part (whether or not rubbed) : If not more than one inch in thickness”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Selectile Co. v. United States · Favrot v. United States

2. “* * * Tlie vary plethora of these things into which they could he made indicates that they are none of these things in a state of partial manufacture, but that they are only material, in slab form, with the use of which some, any, or all of these things might be made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Selectile Co. v. United States

3. “Marble * * * wholly or partly manufactured into monuments, benches, vases, and other articles * * * not specially provided for.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Favrot v. United States