Princess Lida of Thurn & Taxis v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis
305 U.S. 456 · 1939
Citation profile
419 federal appellate · 152 district · 110 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,172 later decisions (29 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States (1976), Markham v. Allen (1946)
419 federal appellate · 152 district · 110 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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.
Relationships
Relies on Penn General Casualty Co v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Schnader · United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co. · Farmers' Loan Trust Company v. Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company · Bradley Palmer v. State of Texas
Cited together with United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co. · Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · Penn General Casualty Co v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Schnader · Kline v. Burke Construction Co. · Markham v. Allen
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 1,172 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'mechanical' " application of the Princess Lida doctrine, 1 has prevented the plan's beneficiaries from seeking to enforce some of their ERISA rights. Instead, the majority in effect holds that the beneficiaries must rely entirely on Canadian law. I do not believe that the Princess Lida doctrine dictates such a result. 44 The Princess Lida doctrine was developed to prevent conflicts between courts in this country. In Princess Lida itself, the Court observed that "[t]he doctrine is necessary to the harmonious cooperation of federal and state tribunals.”
57 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the exercise of jurisdiction by a state court over the administration of a trust deprives a federal court of jurisdiction of a later suit involving the same subject matter”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Common Pleas Court could not effectively exercise the jurisdiction vested in it, without a substantial measure of control of the trust funds. Its proceedings are, as the court below held, quasi in rem, and the jurisdiction acquired upon the filing of the trustees’ account is exclusive. * * * ” Princess Lida of Thurn and Taxis v. Thompson, 305 U.S. 456 (1939), at p. 467, 59 S.Ct. 275, at p. 281 , 83 L.Ed. 285 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Martin v. Martin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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