Richardson v. Loree’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district ·

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

1. “, “The argument, by which it is endeavored to support the service of process upon persons without the district, is 'that the present suit is one that is auxiliary to the former suit' in which the decree of foreclosure was had; that it is so far merely a continuation of that, suit; and that it is not a new and original suit. '* * * It may be conceded for the purposes of this motion that it is to a certain extent auxiliary to the original foreclosure suit. * * * But it also partakes so far of the nature of an original suit that the parties who are here contesting service of this process cannot be brought before the court by anything short of a subpoena in chancery; and cannot be compelled to answer and respond to the allegations of the present bill in any other mode than in the mode usually adopted in original chancery bills.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schmitt v. Lamb