Bath County v. Amy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 federal appellate · 7 district · 6 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is authorized only when. ancillary to a jurisdiction already acquired. * * * The power to issue a writ of mandamus as an original and independent proceeding does not, then, belong to the Circuit Courts.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Burnham v. Fields · County Collector of County of Winnebago Illinois O'Brien

2. ““It must be conceded that the Circuit Courts of the United States are not authorized to issue writs of mandamus unless they are necessary to the exercise of their respective jurisdictions. These courts are creatures of the statute, and they have only so much of the judicial power of the United States as the acts of Congress have conferred upon them. * * * While it may be admitted that in some sense the [action for the] writ of mandamus may properly be denominated a suit at law, it is still material to inquire whether it was intended to be embraced in the gift of power to hear all suits at law of a civil nature conferred by the judiciary act.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mystic Milling Co. v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.

3. ““The supreme court and the circuit and district courts shall have power to issue writs ot scire facias. They shall also have power to issue all writs not specifically provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and the principles of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Forsyth