Young v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he superior court shall also have original jurisdiction in all cases and of all proceedings in which jurisdiction shall not have been by law vested exclusively in some other court.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shoop v. Kittitas County · 120 Wash. App. 654 - Ja v. State, Dshs

2. “The language of the constitution is not that the superior courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction, but it gives to the superior courts universal original jurisdiction, leaving the legislature to carve out from that jurisdiction the jurisdiction of the justices of the peace, and any other inferior courts that may be created.”

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

3. “We are of opinion that an allegation of venue in the complaint was essential to give the court jurisdiction of the subject matter.”

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