First Nat. Bank v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. ““It is too clear to admit of discussion that the corporations are necessary parties to suits like these. Unless they are made parties, they will not be concluded by decrees made in the cases on the merits, and the defendants might-be called upon a second time to account for the same assets at the suit of the corporation or receivers appointed over their affairs. -The defendants have the right to insist that the decree shall conclude the plaintiffs, the corporations, and all other creditors, and afford a full and complete protection against future suits for the same causes of action. Such decrees cannot be made in suits where the corporations are not parties, or by a court having no jurisdiction to require the legal presence of the corporations in the proceedings.” i”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Continental Adjustment Co. v. Cook