Harris v. Owens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this case, § 14 immunizes the [university president and - individual board members] from any claim for monetary damages. Therefore, the circuit court did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over [the former employee’s] claim for backpay and benefits. See Ex parte Alabama Dep’t of Transp., 978 So.2d 17 (Ala.2007). ‘“‘“Lacking subject matter jurisdiction [a court] may take no action other than to exercise its power to dismiss the [claim]..... Any other action taken by a court lacking subject matter jurisdiction is null and void.” ’ ” Ex parte Blankenship, 893 So.2d [303,] 307 [(Ala.2004)] (quoting State v. Property at 2018 Rainbow Drive, 740 So.2d 1025, 1029 (Ala.1999), quoting in turn Beach v. Director of Revenue, 934 S.W.2d 315, 318 (Mo.Ct.App.1996)).’ Ex parte Alabama Dep’t of Transp., 978 So.2d at 27 . Thus, the circuit court’s order was void to the extent it purported to award backpay and benefits to Owens.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franks v. Hampton

2. ““ ‘ “[i]t is well established that general propositions of law are not considered ‘supporting authority’ for purposes of Rule 28.” [An appellate court] will not “create legal arguments for a party based on undelineated general propositions unsupported by authority or argument.” Further, it is well settled that “ ‘[w]here an appellant fails to cite any authority for an argument, [an appellate court] may affirm the judgment as to those issues, for it is neither [that court’s] duty nor its function to perform all the legal research for an appellant.’ ” ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devero v. North American Bus Industries

3. ““actions for damages brought against State officials in their individual capacity where it is alleged that they had acted fraudulently, in bad faith, beyond their authority, or in a mistaken interpretation of law, subject to the limitation that the action not be, in effect, one against the State.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alabama State University v. Danley