Ritchie v. McMullen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate · 15 district · 23 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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “appear[ ] to have been rendered by a competent court, having jurisdiction of the cause and of the parties and upon due allegations and proofs, and the opportunity to defend against them, and its proceedings are according to the source of a civilized jurisprudence, and are stated in a clear and formal record, the judgment is prima facie evidence, at least, of the truth of the matter adjudged; and it should be held conclusive upon the merits tried in the foreign court, unless some special ground is shown for impeaching the judgment, as by showing that it was affected by fraud or prejudice....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alaska Commercial Co. v. Debney · Roy v. Buckley

2. “By the law of England, prevailing in Canada, a judgment rendered by an American court under like circumstances would be allowed full and conclusive effect.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alaska Commercial Co. v. Debney · Reading & Bates Construction Co. v. Baker Energy Resources Corp.

3. ““As it does not allege that the attorneys were not authorized to enter the defendant’s appearance in that action, they must he taken to have been authorized by him to do so.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cruz v. O'Boyle