Reilly v. Buster’s Empirical Analysis

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22 state decisions

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

1. “From the foregoing, it is very certain that the so-called ex parte deposition in this instance was no deposition at all and should not have been admitted as such. This being true, could the answers of plaintiff in error be treated as admissions? And, if so, would this cure the error of allowing them to be read to the jury? It seems to us these questions are answered by the mere statement that the answers were not offered merely as admissions, but were offered as deposition testimony given under the solemnity of an oath.”

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

2. “For this reason, it would seem to be difficult to restrict or limit answers of a party taken under circumstances such as are present here so as to make them admissible merely as admissions, but it is not necessary to decide whether or not they would be inadmissible under all circumstances.”

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

3. ““As the taking of testimony by depositions is purely a matter of statute, it is required that the statute be substantially and fairly complied with in all of its provisions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. St. Louis, S. F. & T. Ry. Co. v. Williams