Frantz v. Lenhart’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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. ““.If men present at a quarrel encourage a battery, by doing so they assume upon themselves the consequences of the acts done to the full extent, as much as the party who does the beating. Often they are more culpable. It is not necessary that the encouragement shall consist of appeals to the ruffian engaged in committing -the battery, or that he shall know that they are so doing. It is enough if they encourage and sanction what is being done, and manifest this by demonstrations of' resistance to any who might desire to interfere to prevent it; or by words, gestures, or acts, indicating an approval of what is going on. It is contrary to law — contrary to duty — and the law will not weigh very nicely the acts of particular individuals, to ascertain whether what was said or done by them has enhanced the injury, more or less, than the acts of others. All so engaged aré answerable for all the injury, and, had the judge charged the opposite of this, he would have committed a great error.” ■”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Perrine v. Hanacik