Wright v. Ellison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 federal appellate · 11 district · 16 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To constitute an equitable lien on a fund there must be some distinct appropriation of the fund by the debtor. It is not enough that the fund may have been created through the efforts and outlays of the party claiming the lien.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Stiger · Stone v. First National Bank

2. ““That whenever a court of law is competent to take cognizance of a rig'lit and has power to proceed to a judgment which affords a plain, adequate.', and complete remedy without the aid of a court of equity, the plaintiff must proceed at law, because the defendant has a constitutional right to a trial by jury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Childs v. N. B. Carlstein Co.

3. “‘.‘The rules of equity are as fixed as those of law, and this court can no more depart from the former than the latter. Unless the complainant has shown a right to relief in equity, however clear his rights at law, he can have no redress in this proceeding.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Goff v. Kelly