Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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. ““ A bank implies capital, and capital invites confidence. A man holding himself out as a banker or broker thereby gives public proclamation that he has money, and property readily convertible into money, in his possession and subject to his control, and for that reason he may be fully trusted. It requires no argument to show that such assurance is most inviting and influential with the mass of the people, especially with those unacquainted with the history and character of the man. With them the banker or broker is intrusted with money simply because he is a banker or broker, and hence supposed to have surplus capital, as a standing guaranty of his agreements and his integrity. Eor an insolvent banker, company, or corporation to continue the business of banking is to hold out assurance of responsibility and surplus capital where neither exists. To do so knowingly is to secure the confidence;, and hence obtain the money, of the ignorant and unwary by an implied deception. It is the old story of securing the victim by a display of false colors.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McClure v. People · Hyland v. Roe