Jefferson v. Driver’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As to the application of J. VV. Jefferson for a removal under the act of 1875, the rule in Cable v. Ellis, 110 U. S. 380 , 4 Sup. Ct. 85 , applies. lie was brought into the suit as a purchaser pendente lite, and the, relief asked against him is only an incident to the original controversy. The proceeding is merely ancillary to the suit pending when he bought the property in dispute, and under which he got possession. It is, in short, only a part of the machinery in the administration of the cause. By purchasing pendente lite he connected himself with the suit, subject to the disabilities of the other parties in respect to a removal at the time lie came in.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Farmers' & Merchants' Nat. Bank of Waco v. Schuster

2. “[b]y purchasing pendente lite he connected himself with the suit, subject to the disabilities of the other parties in respect to a removal at the time he came in.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eie Guam Corporation v. Long Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd Eie

3. “When a suit is between a citizen of the State in which it is brought and a citizen of another State, it may be so removed on the petition of the latter,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cambria Iron Co. v. Ashburn