Shepard v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When any mortgage on real estate has been in default for more than fifteen years, or the lien thereof has ceased to exist, or when action to enforce such mortgage is barred by the statute of limitations, the owner of the land may maintain an action to quiet his title and have the cloud removed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sallee ex rel. Sallee v. King · Ostmeyer v. Saathoff

2. ““To avoid the 'sword and shield’ rule declared by the court, and overcome the disability of the landowner to ask for affirmative relief, the act in question was passed. Under its provisions the owner of the land need not wait the institution of an action by the holder of the mortgage in order to have the vitality of the mortgage adjudicated, but may take the affirmative of the question and obtain from the court a determination whether a right of action exists on the mortgage or has been lost by lapse of time.” (p. 308.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ostmeyer v. Saathoff

3. ““It is competent, however, for the legislature to enact a statute shortening the period within which an action for the enforcement of a contract must be brought, if a reasonable time is allowed after the passage of the act in which to bring an action.” (p. 306.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Milbourne v. Kelley