The Key City’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

89 federal appellate · 47 district · 9 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 222 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(t)hat no arbitrary or fixed period of time has been, or will be, established as an inflexible rule, but that the delay which will defeat such a suit must in every case depend on the peculiar equitable circumstances of that case.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Phelps v. The Cecelia Ann · Stevens v. Tennessee Valley Authority

2. ““If there had been no transfer or attachment of the property, I should hold the lien was not lost. 'When the rights of third persons have intervened, the lien will be regarded as lost if the person in whose favor it existed has had a reasonable opportunity to enforce it, and has not done so. This is a well-settled rule of the admiralty. The lien for supplies lias its origin in the necessities and convenience of commerce and navigation. It is for the interest of navigation and commerce that these liens should exist, and it is equally so that they should not be allowed to extend unnecessarily to the injury of innocent third persons. In this case there can he no doubt the libellant has had ample opportunity to enforce his lien, and it cannot now be allowed to prevail against the rights of bono, fide purchasers or attaching creditors.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. The Bristol · The Falcon