Williams v. . Thorn’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 district · 53 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When a trust is created to receive the rents and profits of lands, and no valid direction for accumulation is given, the surplus of such rents and profits, beyond the sum that may be necessary for the education and support of the person for whose benefit the trust is created, shall be liable in equity to the claims of the creditors of such person, in the same manner as other personal property which cannot be reached by an execution at law.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Baudouine · Spellman v. Sullivian

2. “except, when such trust has, in good faith, been created by, or the fund so held in trust has proceeded from, some person other than the defendant himself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Spindle v. Shreve

3. ““No person beneficially interested- in a trust for the receipt of the rents and profits of lands can assign or in any manner dispose of such interest.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Baudouine