Kohlsaat v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the exposition of a statute the established rule is that the intention of the law-maker is to be deduced from a view of the whole statute, and every material part of the same.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. Latimer · Northern Pac. R. v. Sanders

2. ““The controlling rule of decision in applying the statute in any particular case is that, whenever the intention of the Legislature can bo discovered from the words employed, in view of the subject-matter and the surrounding circumstances, it ought to prevail, unless it lead to absurd and irrational conclusions, which should never be imimted to the Legislature, except when, the language employed will admit of no other signification.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Oregon & C. R.

3. ““In the exposition of statutes, the established rale is that the intention of the lawmaker is to be deduced from a view of the whole statute, and every material part of the same. * * * Resort may be had to every part of a statute, or, where there is more than one in pari materia, to the whole system, for the purpose of collecting the legislative intent.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Van Patten v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.