Moats v. Rymer’s Empirical Analysis
1881
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 1999
12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It may be remarked however, that where any written document material to either party is in possession of a third party, the court may award a subpoena duces tecum to compel such third person to attend at the trial of the cause and bring the document with him. This writ is of compulsory obligation and effect. In every instance it is a question for the consideration of the court, whether upon the principles of reason and equity the production of the paper should be required; and if it be withheld, whether the witness should be punished by attachment. Amey v. Long, 9 East 473; Amey v. Long, 1 Camp. 14.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Fortunately the books show very few cases, in which lawyers have become witnesses for their clients. While there are some cases of an extreme character, in which such practice is necessary, ordinarily it is much to be regretted, that such a practice should exist or be encouraged. So reprehensible is the practice generally, that it has been much doubted, whether a lawyer is a competent witness for his client.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.