Litchfield v. The Register and Receiver’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 2 district · 10 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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““After the land officers shall have disposed of the question, if any legal right of plaintiff has been invaded, he may seek redress in the courts. He insists that he now has the legal title. * * * If they give patents to the applicants for pre-emption, the courts can then in the appropriate proceeding determine who has the better title or right.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lane v. Darlington · Mickadiet v. Payne

2. ““The very first duty which the register is called on to perform when an application is made to him to enter a tract of land, is to ascertain whether it is subject to entry. This depends upon a variety of circumstances. lias there been a proclamation offering it for sale ? Has it been reserved by any action of congress or of the proper department? Has it been granted by any act of congress, or has it been sold already ? These are all questions for him to decide, and they require the exercise of judgment and discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Koehler v. Barin