Bridges v. Sheldon’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 4 district · 3 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There is no doubt about the power of a cotirt of equity to revise the report of a master, by supplying facts material, which are shown by the evidence, but not stated in the report, by setting aside the finding of facts, not shown by any evidence, or which are contrary to the evidence, and when errors in Jaw have controlled or influenced the finding of material facts; but this revisory power of the court has never been considered as covering a right for a party to appeal from the master to the court upon disputed questions of fact determined by the master as matters of fact, upon conflicting testimony;” citing Green v. Bishop, 1 Cliff. 186 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jaffrey v. Brown

2. ““Tlio court cannot employ a stenographer at the expense of the government, neither could it at the expense of parties without their consent, nor allow one to do so at the expense of another, by requiring the expense to be treated as taxable costs. The authority of the master cannot exceed that of the court appointing the master.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corporation of St. Anthony in New Bedford v. Houlihan