Nunn v. New’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The rule has long been firmly established in this State that where a statute requires that an act be done within a specified time, such as that specified here, the last day will not be excluded and the length of time thereby extended when that day falls on a legal holiday or Sunday, unless the statute so provides.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rayburn · Hutson v. Sadler

2. ““By ‘applicable statute’ (referring to language in Rule 4) is meant a statute prescribing the time within which an act is to be done in connection with a civil action wherein the procedure is regulated by statute. The evident intent of the framers of the rule was to provide for uniformity between civil actions regulated by the rules of civil procedure and those regulated by statute in the method of computing time.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Amarillo v. Adams