The Mechanics Bank of Alexandria v. Louisa Seton’s Empirical Analysis

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12 federal appellate · 6 district · 24 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The general rule as to parties undoubtedly is that, when a bill is brought for relief all persons materially interested in the subject of the suit ought to be made parties, either as plaintiffs or defendants, in order to prevent a multiplicity of suits, and that there may be a complete and final decree between all the parties interested. But this is a rule established for the convenient administration of justice, and is subject to many exceptions, and is more or less a matter of discretion in the court.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singleton v. Singleton · Hale v. McKenzie

2. “Notice to the board of directors, when this stock was transferred to Lynn, that he held it as trustee only, was notice to the bank; and no subsequent change of directors could require a new notice of this fact. So that if the bank had sustained any injury, by reason of a subsequent board not knowing that Lynn held the stock in trust, it would result from the negligence of its own agents, and could not be visited upon the complainants.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Beetschen v. Shell Pipe Line Corp.