Kath v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The trial judge had no jurisdiction to entertain the petition now before us. When the judgment of this court affirming the judgment of the judge pro tempore was remitted to the lower court, it became in legal effect conclusive upon all the parties to the action in that court, unless recalled or attacked by permission first obtained upon proper showing here. This was not done.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Godfrey v. Camp · 17 Wash. 2d 500 - Kosten v. Fleming

2. ““Upon satisfactory showing being made in this court, leave has been granted in some instances to attack judgments which have been affirmed here. We are not, however, aware of any published decision which shows such leave to have been granted. It is manifest that this court must reserve to itself the right to determine each particular case from the showing made, and no general rule can be announced as applicable to all cases. Certainly no permission can be granted to disturb the judgments affirmed or entered by this court unless it is made reasonably to appear that the ends of justice require it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 17 Wash. 2d 500 - Kosten v. Fleming

3. “While it is our boast that the courts of our country are always open, it does not follow that they are open always. There must be an end of litigation over a given subject-matter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 70 Wash. 2d 99 - Grignon v. Emery Wechselberger