Oakes v. Lake’s Empirical Analysis
62 F.2d 728 · 1933
Citation profile
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Lion Bonding & Surety Co. v. Karatz · Hale v. Allinson · William Booth v. Ferdinand Clark · Great Western Mining Manufacturing Company v. Charles a Harris D B · Sterrett v. Second Nat Bank of Cincinnati Ohio
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Granting the soundness of the contention that the receiver was entitled to the undisturbed possession of the property and assuming that he actually had such possession [italics supplied], and granting or assuming that he had the power to sue locally in replevin for an unlawful interference with his right of possession, nevertheless such right of possession did not vest him with' the title necessary to sue in the court below without an ancillary appointment therein; and he was not entitled to bring the suit as a matter of comity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Oakes v. Lake
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.