Patterson v. Smith Bros. Grain Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where a person has contracted in writing to perform an obligation in any particular county, in which case suit may be brought either in such county, or where the defendant has his domicile.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Street v. Smith Bros. Grain Co.

2. “For the account of C. E. Patterson, Celeste, Texas.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Street v. Smith Bros. Grain Co.