Disconto Gesellschaft v. Umbreit’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 federal appellate · 16 district · 31 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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]lien citizens, by the policy and practice of the courts of this country, are ordinarily permitted to resort to the courts for the redress of wrongs and the protection of their rights.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rasul et al. v. Bush President of the United States et al. · Constructores Civiles De Centroamerica, S. A. v. Hannah

2. ““The doctrine of comity has been the subject of frequent discussion in the courts of this country when it has been sought to assert rights accruing under assignments for the benefit of creditors in other states as against the demands of local creditors, by attachment or otherwise in the state where the property is situated. The cases were reviewed by Mr. Justice Brown, delivering the opinion of the court in Security Trust Co. v. Dodd, Mead & Co., 173 U. S. 624 [19 Sup. Ct. 545, 43 L. Ed. 835 ], and the conclusion reached that vol nntary assignments for the benefit of creditors should be given force in other states as to property therein, situate except so far as they come in conflict with the rights of local creditors, or with the public policy of the state in which it is sought to be enforced; and, as was said by Mr. Justice McLean, in Oakey v. Bennett, 11 How. 33, 44 [ 13 L. Ed. 593 ], ‘national comity does not require any government to give effect to such assignment (for the benefit of creditors) when it shall impair the remedies or lessen the securities of its own citizens.’ ””

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

3. ““ * * * There shall be between the territories of the high contracting parties, a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of their respective states shall, mutually, have liberty to enter the ports, places, and rivers of the territories of each party, wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs, and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing.””

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