Bright v. Hammond’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every other action for an injury to the person * * * of the plaintiff, and every action for an injury to the character of the plaintiff, against a defendant residing in this State, must be brought in the county in which the defendant resides, or in which the injury is done.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hale v. Barker, District Judge · Johnson v. Langley

2. ““We are, however, of opinion that section 74, supra, was intended for the mutual protection and benefit of the plaintiff and defendant, where the defendant was a resident of the state, and that the true meaning of the section is that a resident of the state shall only be sued in the county of his residence, or in the county in which the injury was done, and that the plaintiff may elect in which of the two counties he will institute his suit, * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hale v. Barker, District Judge

3. ““An action which is not required by the foregoing sections of this article to be brought in some other county may be brought in any -county in which the defendant, or in which one of several defendants, who may be properly joined as such in the action, resides or is summoned.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hale v. Barker, District Judge