Brannon v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that the state is made payee in all bonds of guardians, but the ward is the real beneficiary. The state has no interest in guardians’ bonds, except to protect the rights of minors. It is not the case of an official bond for the performance of a duty in which the general public is interested. The state is a proper party, and the suit should ,be brought in its name for the use of the minor, but the failure to bring the suit in the name of the state is not fatal to its maintenance in a court of equity. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kirby v. Kirby