Floyd v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 federal appellate · 114 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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The defendant received a note in settlement of the joint winnings of plaintiff and himself at cards. He transferred the note in payment of a gambling debt of his own to a third party who received payment of the maker at a discount. The plaintiff was held entitled to recover one-half of the amount which was actually paid by the maker of the note. In these cases, and in many similar ones which need not be cited, it is held that the cause of action is not dependent upon the illegal transaction.” ,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Gregg

2. ““When the plaintiff shows that the defendant has received of a third party money for his use, the law from the naked fact implying a promise, the case is made out without going into the illegal transaction, and the defendant will not be permitted to set up the illegality of the original contract in order to defeat a recovery.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schwarz v. Lee

3. ““It has been observed! that the test whether a demand connected with an illegal act can be enforced is whether the plaintiff requires any aid from the illegal transaction to establish his case.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. Gregg