Malcomb v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1967
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Markham v. Allen · United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co. · Commonwealth Trust Co. v. Bradford · State ex rel. Parsons Mining Co. v. McClure · Rosser v. Rosser
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is a fundamental rule of law, subject to some exceptions to be hereafter noticed, that, as between courts of concurrent jurisdiction, the first acquiring jurisdiction of a subject-matter of an action is permitted to retain it to the end. * * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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