Overton v. Memphis & Little Rock R.’s Empirical Analysis
10 F. 866 · 1882
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1918
2 federal appellate ·
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Most-quoted passages
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““ Undoubtedly there are cases in which a court of equity may, through its receiver, take possession and control of the property and business of corporations and individuals. But it is a jurisdiction to be sparingly exercised. STone of the prerogatives of a court of equity have been pushed to such extreme limits as this, and there is none as likely to lead to abuses. It is not the province of a court of equity to take possession of the property and conduct the business of corporations or individuals except where the exercise of such extraordinary jurisdiction is indispensably necessary to-save or protect some clear right of k suitor, which would otherwise be lost or greatly endangered, and which cannot be saved or protected by any other action or mode of proceeding. If, as in this ease, the loss or danger can be averted by the lawful action of the suitor, or those he represents, he cannot successfully invoke the exercise of the extraordinary powers of a court of equity because that course would be more agreeable or convenient.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.