Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

86 federal appellate · 28 district · 93 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 295 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It was decided by this court in Green v. Van Buskirk, 5 Wall. (U. S.) 307, 18 L. Ed. 599 ; Id., 7 Wall. (U. S.) 139, 19 L. Ed. 100 , that the liability of property to be sold under legal process issuing from the courts of the state where it is situated must be determined by the law there, rather than of the jurisdiction where the owner lives. These decisions rest on the ground that every state- has the right to regulate the transfer of property within its limits.” ■”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walworth v. Harris · Parker v. Brown

2. “• “The court held ‘that it was a mere subterfuge to call this transaction a lease,’ and that it was a conditional sale, with the right of rescission on the part of the vendor, in case the purchaser should fail in payment of his installments. * * * It is true the instrument of conveyance purports to be a lease, and the sums stipulated to be paid are for rent; but this form was used to cover the real transaction.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Manson v. Dayton