Minch v. Winters’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It should not be forgotten that in the simplification of our civil code and the statutory abolition of distinctions between actions at law and suits in equity (R. S. 60-201), the legislature was not engaged in curtailing the essential powers of our courts of general jurisdiction. The legislative purpose was rather to emancipate the courts from those ancient artificialities of procedure which handicapped them in dealing out whatever measure of redress, legal or equitable, justice in any case required.” (p. 539.)”

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

2. ““Defendants did not follow the proper practice to obtain a continuance as prescribed by the code (R. S. 60-2934); the motion or request was not backed by a pertinent affidavit; and the error complained of cannot be sustained. (State v. Giles, 119 Kan. 417 , 239 Pac. 756 . See State v. Ball, 110 Kan. 428, 432 , 204 Pac. 701 ; Leach v. Urschel, 112 Kan. 629, 635 , 212 Pac. 111 .)” (p. 541.)”

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