Dimick v. Shaw’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. ““From the averment of the bill it is obvious the complainant resorted to equity to avoid a multiplicity of suits and irreparable damage resulting from continued acts of waste and trespass to land. These are recognized heads of equity jurisdiction. A court of equity may take cognizance of a controversy to prevent a multiplicity of suits, although the exercise of such jurisdiction may call for the adjudication upon purely legal rights and confer purely legal relief; and so a court has jurisdiction to restrain waste and trespass to land where the facts tire of such a nature that the law cannot afford adequate relief.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mitchell v. Big Six Development Co.

2. ““A continuing trespass upon real estate or upon an interest therein, to the serious damage of the complainant, warrants an injunction to restrain it. A suit in equity is generally the only adequate remedy for trespasses continually repeated, because constantly reoccurring actions for damages would be more vexatious and expensive than effective” — citing cases.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. California Development Co. v. New Liverpool Salt Co.