In Re Piper’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “order issued by a court or judge of competent jurisdiction, directed to any one having a person in his custody, or under his restraint, commanding him to produce such person, at a time and place named in the writ, and show why he is held in custody or under restraint.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex Parte Williams

2. “A court with mandamus authority 'will grant mandamus relief if relator can demonstrate that the act sought to be compelled is purely 'ministerial' and that relator has no other adequate legal remedy.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Rangel

3. “without delay ... unless it be manifest from the petition itself, or some documents annexed to it, that the party is entitled to no relief whatsoever.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex Parte Williams