Patterson v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
86 F. 85 · 1898
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
October 1908
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Huntington v. Attrill · Chase v. Curtis · Merchants' Bank of New Haven v. Bliss · Woolverton v. Taylor · National Park Bank of New York v. Remsen
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.
““Sec. 3231. If the directors of a corporation declare and pay dividends when the corporation is insolvent, or which renders it insolvent, or diminishes the amount of its capital stock, such directors shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the corporation then existing or incurred while they remain in office. * * *” 2 Hill’s Ann. Laws Or. p. 1433.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Patterson v. Wade
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