Rice v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * The language of the statute is that‘the defendant may admit the charge, and show in bar of the suit,’ etc. — that is, admit the truth of the facts charged as facts, and show other facts in bar — confess and avoid. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amend v. Amend