Marshall v. Wilbur’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior bo, and he hereby is, authorized to adjust, liquidate, and pay such net losses as have been suffered by any person, firm,.or corporation, by reason of producing or pre paring to produce, either manganese, chrome, ■pyrites, or tungsten in compliance with the request or demand of the Department of the Interior, the War Industries Board, the War Trade Board, the Shipping Board, or the Emergency Fleet Corporation to supply the urgent needs of the Nation in the prosecution of the war. * •* * ' “The said Secretary shall make such adjustments and payments in each ease as he shall determine, to he just and equitable; that the 'decision of said Secretary shall be conclusive and finalj subject to the limitation hereinafter provided. * * * “And provided further, That said Secretary shall consider, approve, and dispose of only such claims as sháll be made hereunder and filed with the Department of the Interior within three months from and after the approval of. this Act: And provided further. That no claim shall be allowed or paid by said Secretary, upLess...it., shall appear to the satisfaction-.of the Said Secretary that the ex- ' penditures so made or obligations so incurred by the claimant were made in good faith for or upon property which contained either manganese, chrome, pyrites, or tungsten in sufficient quantities to J>e of commercial importance: And provided further, That no claims shall be paid unless it shall appear to the satis”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Crimora Manganese Corp. v. Wilbur