Riggs v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““But it is the well-established rule that the question whether a ease is removable or not is to be determined by the claim of the complainant, as shown by the record at the time of filing the petition. It is that only which the court can take cognizance of and base its action upon. Under the practice prescribed by the statute, there is no trial and determination upon extrinsic proof of the question as to how much is the actual value of the matter claimed. Gaines v. Fuentes, 92 U. S. 10 , 23 L. Ed. 524 ; Schunk v. Moline, Milburn & Stoddart Co., 147 U. S. 500 , 13 Sup. Ct. 416 , 37 L. Ed. 255 ; Dickinson v. Trust Co. (C. C.) 64 Fed. 895 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Computing Scale Co.

2. ““Nor is the jurisdiction defeated upon its subsequently appearing upon the trial, or by the complainant’s concession, that she was not entitled to so much as was claimed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ung Lung Chung v. Holmes