Williams v. Payne’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reed's Administratrix v. Illinois Central Railroad · Ewing v. Mallison · City of Hutchinson v. Hutchinson Gas Co. · Weaver v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co. · Mason v. Harlow
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““And while it is true that in no transitory action sounding in tort commenced in another state have litigants prosecuting it been enjoined in this state, the lawbooks draw no. distinction between actions in tort and other transitory actions.” (p. 467.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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