Curran v. Campion’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate ·

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No bill is multifarious which presents a common point of litigation, the decision of which will affect the whole subject-matter, and will settle -the rights of all the parties to the suit,- and that it is not indispensable that all the parties should have .an interest in all the matters contained in the suit but it is sufficient if each party has an interest in some material matters involved in the suit, and they are connected with the others.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States ex rel. Creek Nation v. Rea-Read Mill & Elevator Co. · Watson v. Huntington

2. ““It is not indispensable that all the parties should have an Interest in all the matters contained in the suit, but it is sufficient if each party has an interest in some material matter involved, which are connected with the ■others.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Fidelity Trust Co.