McFarland v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The principal question upon this appeal is, whether the decree of the 12th of October, 1854, was final and conclusive of the matters therein adjudicated. It certainly determined all the issues of fact raised by the pleadings; it distinctly ascertained and adjudicated the rights of the parties; and settled definitively their respective interests in the subject-matter of the suit. It put an end to all matter in litigation in the case. After it was rendered, nothing remained but to carry it into effect, or execute the judgment of the court. This would seem to bring it within the legal definition of a final judgment. It is not perceived that there is, in this respect, any substantial distinction to be taken, between the present case and the. case of Cannon v. Hemphill (7 Tex. R. 184), where the decree was held by this court a final decree.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keystone Pipe & Supply Co. v. Liberty Refining Co.

2. ““That the costs were not adjudged in this case can make no difference. Costs may be awarded either by an interlocutory or final judgment. The judgment is not the less final, as respects the rights of the parties, which it adjudicates, because the disposition of the costs was reserved until after the report of the commissioners.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Keystone Pipe & Supply Co. v. Liberty Refining Co.