Bank v. Carrollton Railroad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 federal appellate · 7 district · 29 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is, doubtless, the general rule that a bill in chancery will not be dismissed for want of proper parties; but the rule is not universally true. It rests upon the supposition that the fault may be remedied, and the necessary parties supplied. When this is impossible, and whenever a decree cannot be made without prejudice to one not a party, the bill must be dismissed. Nothing is to be gained by retaining it, when it is certain that the complainant can never be entitled to a decree in his favor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Falls Reservoir Dist. No. 2 v. Crandall

2. ““A party coming into the right of a partner comes into nothing more than an interest in the partnership, which cannot be tangible, made available, or be delivered, -but under an account between the partnership and the partner.” '”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trappey v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.