Wright v. Ankeny’s Empirical Analysis
217 F. 985 · 1914
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
April 1936
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Barney v. Latham · Torrence v. Shedd · Louisville v. Ide · Wilson v. Oswego Tp · Hyde v. Ruble
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The cause of action is the subject of the controversy, and that is whatever the plaintiff declares it to be in his coinplaint and is the basis for order of removal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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