State v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 66 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The rule, at least as to litigation between man and man, which governs in courts of equity, is perhaps nowhere more fully and correctly stated than by Mr. Pomeroy, who says: `It may be regarded as an universal rule, governing the court of equity in the administration of its remedies, that whatever may be the nature of the relief sought by the plaintiff, the equitable rights of the defendant growing out of, or intimately connected with, the subject of the controversy in question will be protected: and for this purpose the plaintiff will be required, as a condition to his obtaining the relief which he asks, to acknowledge, admit, provide for, secure, or allow whatever equitable rights, if any, the defendant may have, and to that end the court will, by its affirmative decree, award to the defendant whatever reliefs may be necessary in order to protect and enforce these rights.' Pom. Eq., § 388.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rowan v. Texas Orchard Development Co.

2. “`it is a well-established principle that courts have no authority to enforce claims against the government, in whatever form of action they may be urged, unless the institution of such action or the recognition of such claim has been expressly sanctioned by law. In fact, the proposition that the government is above the reach of judicial authority by direct action, but within its control and coercive power by indirect suit, is a solecism and absurdity in its very terms.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Rl

3. “The petition, in addition to asserting title and seeking adjudication thereof and possession, may set up such facts as are necessary to such relief as could be given only by a court of equity, without in the least depriving the action of its character of an action to try title to land. Dangerfield v. Paschal, 20 Tex. 536 ; Magee v. Chadoin, 44 Tex. 488 ; Allen v. Stephanes, 18 Tex. 669 ; Grimes v. Hobson, 46 Tex. 419 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Cement Plaster Co. v. Acme Cement Plaster Co.