Bishop v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An attachment is merely an ancillary proceeding growing out of the original action, and any orders made concerning the property are only interlocutory, in the disposition of which there is never that fullness of investigation to which one is entitled where the judgment is to become final. The applicant is not entitled to a trial by jury or allowed any of the other formalities guaranteed to a litigant in an action where his property rights are to be finally determined. Such motions are summarily disposed of upon affidavits and other evidence secured without an opportunity for cross-examination, and without any formality as to pleadings, and are not intended to reach further than the present status of the litigation demands.” (p. 623.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Millheisler v. Lamb