Gwin v. Barton’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the ease referred to [Gwin v. Breedlove, 2 How. 29 ], the court held that, so far as the statute of Mississippi authorized a summary process against the marshal himself to. enforce the payment of the debt, interest, and costs for which he was liable by reason of his default, it was adopted by the act of congress of 1828; but that the courts of the United States could not enforce the payment of a penalty imposed toy the state law, in addition to the money due on the execution. And in the same case the court further held that such summary proceedings against the sureties of a marshal would toe repugnant to tiie act of congress of April 10, 3806; and that, if the plaintiff in the execution sought to charge the sureties for the default of the marshal, he must proceed regularly by action, and obtain his .judgment in the manner and form pointed ■ out toy that law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Leak Glove Manuf'g Co. v. Needles