White v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A plea of privilege must be disposed of at the first term of court after it is filed unless the business of the court prevents its consideration or the hearing is waived and a continuance had by consent of the parties. * * * “The burden of proof was upon the plaintiff to show that the hearing set at the November term, December 14th, was waived by agreement or that the business of the court prevented its consideration at that term of court. * * * “No testimony was offered to show that the business of the court was such as to prevent a consideration of the plea of privilege and controverting affidavit at the November term. * * * "The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded, with instructions that an order be entered by the trial court transferring the case to the district court of Dallas county.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hall v. Butereg Co., Inc.