Staples v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘ ‘ The first rule of our judicial system is that all inferior jurisdictions are subject to be superintended, regulated and corrected, and kept within the limits of their authority by the superior court, which exercises that superintendency by means of the writ of certiorari. Considering it in this point of view, it is almost indispensable to the safety of our citizens, and most essential to the public welfare. For my part, it is the last writ that I would agree to expunge from our natura brevium.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 43 Tenn. App. 567 - Roberts v. Brown

2. ““The writ of certiorari may be granted whenever authorized by law, and also in all cases where an inferior tribunal, board, or officer exercising judicial functions has exceeded the jurisdiction conferred, or is acting illegally, when, in the judgment of the court, there is no other plain, speedy, or adequate remedy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 43 Tenn. App. 567 - Roberts v. Brown

3. “courts proceeding according to the course of the common law, or some system of well established judicature, to which all of the citizens of the state may resort for the enforcement of rights denied, or redress of wrongs done them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Team Design v. Gottlieb