Cothren v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis

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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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is obvious that Brown, as Public Administrator of the Estate of Wilfred J. Evans, had ‘no real substantial legal interest in the controversy.’ Ex parte State of Nebraska, 209 U.S. 436, 445 , 28 S.Ct. 581, 584 , 52 L.Ed. 876 . He was in no way connected with the controversy between Cothren and Mason and had no actual interest in the controversy between Cothren and Miriam Evans as the domiciliary representative of the estate of her husband. The controversies were in reality between citizens of different states, and the removal of the case could not be prevented by making Brown a party defendant. See and compare, Wecker v. National Enameling & Stamping Co., 204 U.S. 176, 185, 186 , 27 S.Ct. 184 , 51 L.Ed. 430 , 9 Ann.Cas. 757; Ex parte State of Nebraska, supra, 209 U.S. 436, 445 , 28 S.Ct. 581 , 52 L.Ed. 876 ; Salem Trust Co. v. Manufacturers’ Finance Co., 264 U.S. 182, 189, 190 , 44 S.Ct. 266 , 68 L.Ed. 628 , 31 A.L.R. 867 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Colman v. Shimer