Wells v. Morse’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““What I intend to assert is, that mere lapse of time will never of itself create a bar, either at law or in equity, where, by express provision of the statute, the party is exempted from its operation. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Carter