Bird v. Ferry’s Empirical Analysis
497 F.2d 112 · 1974
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Hobson v. Board of Elections · 283 F. Supp. 417 - Hecht v. Harris, Upham & Co. · Clement A. Evans & Co., Inc. v. McAlpine · R. H. Johnson & Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We see nothing inappropriate in the court’s use of a measure of damages calculated to restore the club to the position it would have occupied had the defalcations not occurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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