State v. Metschan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 26 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Indeed, the right of the state, through its proper officer, to maintain such a proceeding, would seem to be one of the necessary incidents of sovereignty. Without it the rights of the citizen cannot be protected or enforced in cases where he is unable to act for himself. In a suit by an individual he is required to show some special injury to himself; and when, as in this case, the wrong complained of is public in its character, affecting no one citizen more than another, it is impossible for him to do so, * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Putnam v. Norblad

2. ““At common law a demurrer for want of necessary parties defendant was required to point out, either by name or in some other definite way, from the facts stated in the bill, those who should have been, and who were not, made parties to the suit, so as to enable the plaintiff to obviate the objection by bringing them in (Story, Eq. PI. § 543 * * *), and this rule has not been abrogated by the provisions of the Code.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Territory v. Meyers

3. ““The language of the demurrer in this case is ‘that there is a defect of parties plaintiff and defendant,’ and this, as we have seen, is insufficient.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Territory v. Meyers