Burton v. Compton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 state decisions

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

1. ““And he says in substance (referring to Lord Thurlow’s discussion) that the rule rests upon public policy, and such a purchase will not be permitted in any case, however honest the circumstances, for the general interest of public justice requires it to be destroyed in every instance””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tootle v. Payne · Jackson v. Carroll

2. ““The opportunities which are open to an unfaithful trustee to advantage himself out of the trust estate are so many and so tempting, and the condition of the beneficiary in the trust ordinarily so helpless and confiding, that the law gives warning in advance against all transactions out of which it is possible for the former to make gain at the expense of the latter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Carroll

3. ““One who purchases land with knowledge of such facts as would put a prudent man upon inquiry, which, if prosecuted with ordinary diligence, would lead to actual notice of rights claimed adversely to his vendor, is guilty ’of bad faith if he neglects to make such inquiry, and is chargeable with the ‘actual notice’ he would have received.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Daniel v. Tolon