City v. Lamson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 2 district · 25 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is urged, also, that the Supreme Court of- Wisconsin has held that the act of the legislature conferring authority upon the city to lend its credit, and issue the bonds in question, was in violation of the provisions of the Constitution above referred to.- Biit at the'time «this loan was made and these bonds were issued, the decisions of the courts of the State favored the validity of the law. The last decision cannot, therefore, be followed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Taylor v. Ypsilanti

2. ““The coupon is not an independent instrument, like a promissory note for a sum of money, but is given for interest thereafter to become due upon the bond, which interest is parcel of the bond,, and partakes of its nature. * * * The coupon is simply a mode agreed upon between the parties for the convenience of the holder in collecting the interest as it becomes due.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wright v. East Riverside Irr. Dist.