Green v. Mills’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It was early held, in McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661 , 12 Sup. Ct. 118 , 35 L. Ed. 893 , that the act gave to a party to a suit in the circuit court, where the question of the jurisdiction of the court over the parties or suhject-matter was raised and put in issue upon the record at the proper time and in the proper way, the right to a review by the supreme court, after final judgment or decree against him, of the decision upon that question only, or by the circuit court of appeals on the whole case. Maynard v. Hecht, 151 U. S. 324 , 14 Sup. Ct. 353 , 38 L. Ed. 179 . And in Carey v. Railway Co., 150 U. S. 170 , 14 Sup. Ct. 63 , 37 L. Ed. 1041 , it was ruled that, in order to hold an appeal maintainable under the second of the above-named classes, the construction or application of the constitution of the United States must be involved as controlling, although on appeal or error all other questions would be open to determination if the inquiry were not rendered unnecessary by the ruling on that arising under the constitution. Horner v. U. S., 143 U. S. 570 , 12 Sup. Ct. 522 , 36 L. Ed. 266 . In U. S. v. Jahn. 155 U. S. 109 , 15 Sup. Ct. 39 , 39 L. Ed. 87 , the supreme court decided that if the question of jurisdiction is in issue, and the jurisdiction sustained, and judgment or decree on the merits is rendered in favor of the plaintiff, then the defendant can elect either to have the question certified, and come direct to the supreme court, or to carry the whole case to the ci”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watkins v. King

2. ““It is well settled that a court of chancery Is conversant only with matters of property and the maintenance of civil rights. The court, has no jurisdiction in matters of a political nature, nor to interfere with the duties of any department of government, unless under special circumstances, and when necessary to the protection of rights of property, nor in matters merely criminal, or merely immoral which do not affect any right of property.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Angelus v. Sullivan

3. ““This being so, we are clearly of opinion that no ground of equitable cognizance exists; and, although the appeal is from interlocutory orders, yet, as. we entertain no doubt that such ■ a bill cannot be maintained, we are constrained in reversing these orders to remand the cause, with a direction to dismiss the bill.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bissell Carpet-Sweeper Co. v. Goshen Sweeper Co.