United States v. Beach’s Empirical Analysis
71 F. 160 · 1895
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
November 1904
most recently cited
2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If we could solve the question upon any meaning of the word ‘defraud/ it would he difficult to say that ‘lucri causa’ is an element of the offense. Fraud may be only an artifice to deprive another of his right, without gain to the person practicing it. In the analogous cases of cheating and swindling it is doubtful whether gain to the wrongdoer is an essential element.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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