Davis v. Sheerin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[BJurdensome, harsh and wrongful conduct; a lack of probity and fair dealing in the affairs of the company to the prejudice of some of its members; or a visual departure from the standards of fair dealing, and a violation of fair play on which every shareholder who entrusts his money to a company is entitled to rely.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ritchie v. Rupe · Cardiac Perfusion Services, Inc. v. Hughes

2. “A. A receiver may be appointed for the assets and business of a corporation by the district court for the county in which the registered office of the corporation is located, whenever circumstances exist deemed by the court to require the appointment of a receiver to conserve the assets and business of the corporation and to avoid damage to parties at interest, but only if all other requirements of law are complied with and if all other remedies available either at law or in equity, including the appointment of a receiver for specific assets of the corporation, are determined by the court to be inadequate....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mueller v. Beamalloy, Inc.

3. “wish to avoid declaring dividends and disburse the surplus in the form of bonuses to the officers of the corporation”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sheerin v. Davis