Peacock v. Bradshaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

127 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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Respondents’ brief in the Court of Civil Appeals seems to argue that they may have had two places of residence, one in Arizona and one in El Paso County, Texas, and that the pleas might be sufficient as pleading the privilege of being sued in El Paso County. If the pleas were intended to claim that privilege, they should have stated, as Article 2007 [from which Rule 86 derives] requires, that the defendants resided in El Paso County, so that if the pleas were sustained the cause could be transferred to that county. As drawn and filed the pleas seem to claim the privilege of being sued in Maricopa County, Arizona, and to seek the transfer of the cause to that county in Arizona. Since the insufficiency of the pleas of privilege appeared on their face, they were properly tested by exception and controverting affidavits were unnecessary.” ( 194 S.W.2d 554 )”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. O. F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. v. Sullivan

2. ““If the parents live together, the father is the natural guardian of the person of the minor children of the marriage. If one parent is dead, the survivor is the natural guardian of the person of the minor children.””

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

3. ““There being no statement of facts, we look, for the facts as to the child’s domicile, to the trial court’s findings of fact, which we must assume are supported by evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cruz v. First Credit Corporation