117 So. 2d 758 - Womack v. Goldberg’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"That a party by his own act may fix the character of the decree — that is, make it final or not, without further action by the Court — would seem anomalous, to say the least." An order directing that the bill of Complaint be dismissed with leave to amend within twenty days was held to be "no more than an order sustaining Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, unless an amendment shall be made, and contemplates and requires another order of absolute dismissal after expiration of the time allowed for amendment, if none has been filed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 So. 2d 489 - Hancock v. Piper

2. ““ * * * Being otherwise final in form and content, the finality of the order was not diminished by adding the clause, ‘with leave to amend within fifteen (15) days from the date hereof’ * * (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nowlin v. Pickren