Pennsylvania v. Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting no doubt as to federal subject matter jurisdiction over suit for liquidation of property comprised of building and loan association’s holdings
• “It has long been accepted practice for the federal courts to relinquish their jurisdiction in favor of the state courts, where its exercise would involve control of or interference with the internal affairs of a domestic corporation of the state.”

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Cited by

230 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-24· cited 6,491×
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-03· cited 3,480×
• Burford v. Sun Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-21· cited 2,418×
• Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 2,158×
• Moore v. Sims
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-11· cited 1,323×
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
  Supreme Court· 1964-01-13· cited 1,211×
• Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court· 1947-03-10· cited 1,073×
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-03· cited 954×
• Douglas v. City of Jeannette
  Supreme Court· 1943-05-03· cited 933×
• County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co.
  Supreme Court· 1959-10-12· cited 896×
• Meredith v. Winter Haven
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-08· cited 693×
• Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-08· cited 647×
• Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Huffman
  Supreme Court· 1943-05-24· cited 645×
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1951-05-21· cited 611×
• Trainor v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 606×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. United States Realty & Improvement Co.
  Supreme Court· 1940-05-27· cited 485×
• Markham v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1946-01-07· cited 482×
• United States v. Morgan
  Supreme Court· 1939-05-15· cited 348×
• Propper v. Clark
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-20· cited 311×
• United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1936-01-06· cited 288×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railway Co. v. Swan
  Supreme Court· 1884-04-21· cited 1,249×
• Langnes v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1931-02-24· cited 742×
• Healy v. Ratta
  Supreme Court· 1934-04-30· cited 510×
• Matthews v. Rodgers
  Supreme Court· 1932-02-15· cited 474×
• Johnson v. Manhattan Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 465×
• Fenner v. Boykin
  Supreme Court· 1926-05-24· cited 392×
• Hollins v. Brierfield Coal & Iron Co.
  Supreme Court· 1893-11-20· cited 354×
• Pusey & Jones Co. v. Hanssen
  Supreme Court· 1923-04-09· cited 259×
• Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1932-04-11· cited 240×
• Harkin v. Brundage
  Supreme Court· 1928-02-20· cited 211×
• Rogers v. Guaranty Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1933-01-23· cited 205×
• Harrisonville v. W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-08· cited 197×
• Chicot County v. Sherwood
  Supreme Court· 1893-04-03· cited 153×
• Duignan v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1927-05-02· cited 137×
• Mason v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1923-01-02· cited 129×
• United States Ex Rel. Greathouse v. Dern
  Supreme Court· 1933-05-08· cited 121×
• Brown v. Lake Superior Iron Co.
  Supreme Court· 1890-04-07· cited 103×
• Twist v. Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
  Supreme Court· 1927-04-25· cited 98×
• Burnrite Coal Briquette Co. v. Riggs
  Supreme Court· 1927-05-02· cited 92×
• Massachusetts State Grange v. Benton
  Supreme Court· 1926-11-23· cited 77×

Other cases named Pennsylvania v. Williams

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Pennsylvania v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1934-10-22· cited 2×
• Pennsylvania v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-21· cited 2×
• Pennsylvania v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-10· cited 1×