Brooks v. Chinn’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “"But in the instant case, we are confronted with quite a different situation. When the corporation was organized, it bound itself to conduct its affairs in accordance with the doctrine, discipline, and usage of the Methodist Church, and having done so, the corporation, although a domestic one, is amenable to the discipline of the supreme governing body of the church, even insofar as its property is concerned. "In Watson v. Jones, supra [ 13 Wall. 679 , 80 U.S. 674 , 20 L.Ed. 666 ], the United States Supreme Court also said: ` * * * the appellants in the case presented to us have separated themselves wholly from the church organization to which they belonged when this controversy commenced. They now deny its authority, denounce its action, and refuse to abide by its judgments. They have first erected themselves into a new organization, and have since joined themselves to another totally different, if not hostile, to the one to which they belonged when the difficulty first began. Under any of the decisions which we have examined, the appellants, in their present position, have no right to the property, or to the use of it, which is the subject of this suit.' "The conclusion is irresistable that the property and ecclesiastical affairs of the Peoples Methodist Episcopal Church of New Orleans are subject to and exclusively governed by the laws, canons, and regulations of the parent— The Methodist Church. "From Morris v. Featro, 340 Pa. 354 , 17 A.2d 403, 406 , we quote: ` * * * It”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 132 So. 2d 667 - LOUISIANA DISTRICT, ETC. v. Church of Nazarene

2. ““A preliminary injunction is designed to preserve rights pending a trial on the issues of the case on the merits. It is well settled that much latitude is to be given to the trial judge in determining whether he will grant or refuse a preliminary injunction, and his judgment will be disturbed only in cases where there has been a clear abuse of his discretion. Drew v. Town of Zwolle, 185 La. 867 , 171 So. 59 ; Foscue v. Mitchell, 185 La. 963 , 171 So. 91 ; Palama v. Livaudais, 179 La. 201 , 153 So. 691 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Emmco Insurance v. Dickinson

3. “But in the instant case, we are confronted with quite a different situation. When the corporation was organized, it bound itself to conduct its affairs in accordance with the doctrine, discipline, and usage of the Methodist Church, and having done so, the corporation, although a domestic one, is amenable to the discipline of the supreme governing body of the church, even insofar as its property is concerned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 132 So. 2d 667 - LOUISIANA DISTRICT, ETC. v. Church of Nazarene