McGilvra v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis
164 F. 604 · 1908
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 1913
most recently cited
1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Shively v. Bowlby · Duncan v. Missouri · Shoshone Mining Co. v. Rutter · Newburyport Water Company v. City of Newburyport · Packer v. Bird
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If jurisdiction is to be determined by the mere fact that the bill alleged constitutional questions, there was, of course, jurisdiction. But that is not the sole criterion. On the contrary, it is settled that jurisdiction does not arise simply because an averment is made as to the existence of a constitutional question, if it plainly appears that such averment is not' real and substantial, but is without color of merit.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Simpson v. Geary
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