Cage v. Cage’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “As a general rule, in the absence of a statute or rule of court to the contrary, the parties to a cause, where the court has properly obtained jurisdiction over them, are not entitled to a notice of the trial, or of the fixing of a day for trial, or of a setting for trial * * *. The parties are under a duty without notice to take cognizance of a regular term of court and to be present in person or through counsel to protect their interests, to follow their case in all its aspects until finally disposed of, to keep themselves informed of the time their case is set for trial, and to take notice of the time and place of trial and of when their presence is required.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Janousek v. French

2. “* * * “Every court has the inherent power in term time, without notice, to set cases appearing on its docket for hearing and to dismiss cases for want of, or unreasonable delay in, prosecution.” * * * [emphasis supplied]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hansen v. Firebaugh