Ivy v. Barnhartt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““ It is difficult to imagine the principle upon which an attempt is made to support an action of trespass on the facts of this case. The rule is stated in Chitty, 136, whenever an injury to a person is effected by regular process of a court of competent jurisdiction, case is the proper remedy; trespass is not sustainable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Connelly v. Woods