Brigham v. Nathan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 4 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A corporatioñ is dissolved — first, by the expiration of the time limited in its charter; second, by a judgment of dissolution rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction ; but any such corporation shall be deemed to be dissolved for the purpose of enabling any creditors of such corporation to prosecute suits against the stockholders thereof to enforce their individual liability, if it be shown that such corporation has suspended business for more than one year, or that any corporation now so suspended from business shall for three months after the passage of this act fail to resume its usual and ordinary business.” (Gen. Stat. 1899, §1268.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Slonecker

2. ““This statute, as will be observed, authorizes suits against stockholders of corporations which have been dissolved ‘leaving debts unpaid.’ Now, a debt unmatured is as much a debt unpaid as though it had matured, and the statute has drawn no distinction between debts matured and unmatured. It authorizes suits on-them because unpaid.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McHale v. Moore