Mathey v. Mathey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Despite the difficulty often encountered in making a practical application of the distinction between the two types of fraud, it is clear from the foregoing authorities that, generally speaking, ‘extrinsic fraud’ relates to acts which prevent a fair presentation of a controversy, and that ‘intrinsic fraud’ relates to acts which prevent a fair determination of the issues once a court has a controversy before it.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

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

2. ““The district court shall have power to vacate or modify its own judgments or orders, at or after the term at which such judgment or order was made: “Fourth. For fraud, practiced by the successful party, in obtaining the judgment or order.””

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