Camp v. Gress’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

160 federal appellate · 46 district · 18 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 402 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Except that suit by a stockholder on behalf of a corporation may be brought in any district in which suit against the defendant or defendants in said stockholders’ action, other than said corporation, might have been brought by such corporation, and process in such cases may be served upon such corporation in any district wherein such corporation resides or may be found.” Based on this language, it is argued that since under the local statutes covering jurisdiction of the courts in the District of Columbia, the Kings, being found in the District, are properly sued there, it follows that process may be served upon the corporation wherever it is domiciled. But we think this does not follow. It is true, as we have seen, that the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia may exercise jurisdiction if defendants are found within the District, but it is also true that under the provisions of the local statutes, process from the District Court may not issue or be served on any person not an inhabitant of or found within the District. Code, 1940, § 11 — 308. Clearly, therefore, there is no local jurisdiction by which the Munson Line, an indispensable party, as we have seen, may he brought into this litigation. To accomplish that purpose, therefore, it is necessary to have recourse to Section 51 of the Judicial Code, and a glance at the provisions of this section clearly demonstrates that such a suit as we are concerned with here is permissible only in the distr”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. King v. Wall & Beaver Street Corp.

2. ““When a State contains more than one district, every suit not of a local nature, in the district court thereof, against a single defendant, inhabitant of such State, must be brought in the district where he resides; but if there are two or more defendants, residing in different districts of the State, it may be brought in either district, and a duplicate writ may be issued against the defendants, directed to the marshal of any other district in which any defendant resides. The clerk issying the duplicate writ shall indorse thereon that it is a true copy of a writ sued out of the court of the proper district; and such original and duplicate writs, when executed and returned into the office from which they issue, shall constitute and be proceeded on as one suit; and upon any judgment or decree rendered therein, execution may be issued, directed to the marshal of any district in the same State.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co.

3. ““The Conformity Act [ 28 U.S.C.A. § 724 ] by its express terms refers only to proceedings in District (and formerly Circuit) Courts and has no application to appellate proceedings either in this court or in the Circuit Court of Appeals. Such proceedings are governed entirely by the acts of Congress, the common law, and the ancient English statutes.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Momand v. Paramount Publix Corp.