Thompson v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The defendant below, however, was not content to place himself in a position of merely resisting a recovery by the plaintiff of the amount for which he sued, but on the other hand sought to establish against the plaintiff below an affirmative judgment amounting to $3650 more than the plaintiff Greer claimed that Thompson owed him for feeding the cattle under the contract. As to this $3650, the defendant below went into the forum where the plaintiff had commenced his action and by filing his cross-petition invoked the action of the court in his own behalf. He was not satisfied with protecting himself with a shield, but attacked his adversary with a sword. His claim for relief placed him in the same position as if he had brought an independent action against Greer for the $3650, making a voluntary choice of the tribunal in which he desired to establish his claim.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Matthews v. Jackson

2. ““Now comes the defendant, R. S. Thompson, for the purpose of this motion only and for no other, and moves the court to dismiss this action for the reason that the court had no jurisdiction over the person of this defendant, and that this action is improperly brought in this county; that the defendant, R. S. Thompson, against whom alone this plaintiff seeks judgment and whose property plaintiff claims to have attached in this suit, is a resident of the county of Reno, state of Kansas, and has been for several years last past; that there has been no service had upon the said defendant in this county, and the court has no jurisdiction over his person or the subject matter of the action.” (p. 522.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sage v. Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Co.

3. ““We think the court below erred in overruling the motion to dismiss. The application was based solely on jurisdictional grounds, and the appearance of the moving party was special.” (p. 523.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sage v. Oil Country Specialties Manufacturing Co.