Chicot County Ark v. Sherwood’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

138 federal appellate · 53 district · 16 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 365 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[t]hey cannot abdicate their authority or duty in any case in favor of another jurisdiction.'”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. New Orleans Public Service, Inc. v. Council of City of New Orleans · Edwards v. Hill

2. ““ If, however, the presentation of a demand against the county, duly verified, according to law, to the county court thereof, ‘ for allowance or rejection ’ is not the beginning of ,a suit or does not involve a trial inter partes, it is then only a preliminary proceeding' to a suit or controversy which, by the appeal of either side, is or may be carried to an appellate court, before which there is an actual trial between the parties interested. The right to maintain this revisory trial in the state court . . . will be sufficient to maintain a like suit by original process in a federal court where the requisite divérse citizenship exists.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Schnader

3. “the trial in the Circuit Court of the county was ‘ the trial ’ of the case, at any time before which it might be removed into the Circuit Court of the United States, ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Schnader