McMullan v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate ·

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the water committee to believe that the bid of defendant was a favorable one for the city. Moreover, plaintiff's pretended bid had the effect of a representa,tion to the committee that, in plaintiff's opinion, the work could not be profitably done for less than a figure $35.000 higher than that bid by defendant, although, as a matter of fact, plaintiff believed such work could be done, and, except for the collusive agreement with defendant, would have offered to' do it, for an amount $75,000 less than that at which the contract was let. Upon all the cases cited or to be found, and in any view of the case consistent with public policy and the principles of equity, there can be no relief in such a case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hoffman v. McMullen