Curran v. Arkansas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 federal appellate · 10 district · 66 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 188 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It appeared that the bank of the state of Arkansas was incorporated by legislative act with the usual banking powers of discount, deposit, and circulation; that the state was its sole stockholder; that the capital stock of the bank consisted of $1,146,000 raised by the sale of state bonds and certain other sums. It was again held that a bank was a distinct trading corporation having a complete separate existence; enabled to enter into valid contracts by itself alone and having specific capital stock, provided and held out to the publie, as a means to pay its debts; that the obligations of its contracts, the funds provided for their performance, and the equitable rights of its creditors, were in no way affected by the fact that a sovereign state paid in its capital and consequently became entitled to its property. It further reaffirmed the principle that a state by owning all of the capital stock does not impart to that corporation any of its privileges or prerogatives; that it lays down its sovereignty so far as respects the transactions of the corporation and exercises no power or privilege in respect to those transactions not derived from the charter.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Chesapeake & D. Canal Co. · Metropolitan Savings Bank & Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. Farmers' State Bank of Rosalie

2. ““Tlie plaintiff: is a creditor of an insolvent banking corporation. The assets of such a corporation are a fund for the payment of its debts. If they are held by the corporal ion itself, and so invested as to be subject to legal process, they may be levied on by such process. If they have been distributed among stockholders, or gone into the hands of others than bona fide creditors or purchasers, leaving debts of the corporation unpaid, such holders take the property charged with the trust in favor of creditors, which a court of equity will enforce, and compel the application of the property to the satisfaction of their debts.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moffat v. Smith · Collins v. Kaw City Mill & Elevator Co.

3. “The court further held that no other meaning or effect could be attributed to the statute other than what is plainly apparent on its face, and that when the title and the body of the Act are compared and construed jointly and the purpose of the Legislature in enacting the law is considered, it was clear that only one object was in view, the authorization of Miss Lewis to file suit against the State of Louisiana for personal injuries sustained by her. In this regard the court stated:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marler v. State