Dodge v. Tulleys’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

70 federal appellate · 5 district · 7 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 154 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is tlie general rule of equity that a trustee called upon to discharge any duties in the administering of his trust Is entitled to compensation therefor, and included therein is a reasonable allowance for counsel fees. This is constantly enforced in the federal courts in the various railroad foreclosures that have been and are proceeding therein; and this irrespective of any state legislation. The subject was exhaustively considered1 by Mr. Justice Bradley, in the case of Trustees v. Greenough, 105 U. S. 527 [ 26 L. Ed. 1157 ]. The English and American authorities were fully reviewed, and the power and duty of the court to make reasonable allowances (including counsel fees) to trustees or others acting in that capacity was affirmed.” Dodge v. Tulleys, 144 U. S. 451 , 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 728 , 731 ( 36 L. Ed. 501 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Huff v. Bidwell