Wood v. Grau’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 2 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * ‘Under modern statutes, however, it is usually held that the judgment in such case should be in the alternative for the possession of the property or the value thereon in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for its detention. The purpose of such statutes is to settle in the one suit all questions that might arise out of the unlawful taking or detention of the property. * 'x" ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCallister v. M-A-C Finance Co. of Tulsa, Inc.

2. “is to give or restore the actual possession of goods and chattels to the person lawfully entitled”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharp Image Gaming, Inc. v. Shingle Springs Band Indians