Cely v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district ·

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Tíie general rule is that the Circuit Court for each district sits in and for that, district, and the process of a Circuit Court cannot be served without the district in which it is established without the special authority of law, therefor. Toland v. Sprague, 12 Pet. 300 , 9 L. Ed. 1003 . The only case where this rule is not in force is when there is suit in equity commenced in any court of the United States to enforce any legal or equitable lien or claim against real or xjersonal property within the district where such suit is brought, and one or more of the defendants is not an inhabitant of or found within said district, the court can make an order requiring such defendant to appear, answer, or demur on a day certain — -said order to be served on said absent defendant, if practicable; if not, to be published (Rev. St. C. S. § 738 TComp. St. § 10391); and also the case of an action brought for the infringement of a patent. (Noonan v. Athletic Club [C. C.] 75 Fed. 334 ).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. First Nat. Bank of Canton v. Williams