Van Ratcliff v. Call’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 44 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But the law requiring a suit to ‘enjoin the execution of a judgment to be brought in the county of its rendition’ evidently applies to suits attacking the judgment, questioning its validity, or presenting defenses properly connected with the suit in which it was rendered and which should have been adjudicated therein. It has no application to parties who do not sue to stay or enjoin the execution primarily of the judgment, as contemplated by the statute.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Melton v. American Surety Co. of New York · Ladonia State Bank v. McDonald

2. ““There can be no doubt that where the execution of the judgment generally is sought to be prevented, or where the writ is granted to stay (that is, to stop) the execution of a judgment, the statute is imperative and is susceptible of but one construction (that is, that the writ shall be returned or the suit brought in the county where the judgment was rendered).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Fleming