Briggs v. Duell’s Empirical Analysis
87 F. 479 · 1898
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Potts v. Creager · Pennsylvania Co v. Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co · Aron v. Manhattan Ry Co · Blake v. City and County of San Francisco · Briggs v. Central Ice Co.
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.
““(1) The combination, with the cutter head and the racks directly attached thereto, of I he guides for both cutter head and the racks, arranged perpendicularly to the plane of the elevator, the pinions mounted on said guíeles and engaging in said racks, and the levers or arms for operating said pinions, all constructed substantially as described, so that the depth of the cut jnay be directly and positively regulated by means of the levers, as herein specified.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Briggs v. Duell
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.