Sheppard v. Newhall’s Empirical Analysis
47 F. 468 · 1891
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
January 1893
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Swift v. Tyson · Railroad Company v. National Bank · St. Paul Roller-Mill Co. v. Great Western Despatch Co.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““All to title to the freight which the first holder of a bill of lading had when he received it passes to every subsequent indorsee thereof, in good faith, and for value, in the ordinary course of business, with lihe effect and in like manner as in the case of a bill of exchange.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sheppard v. Newhall
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