Yates v. Helms’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A record of an act, condition or event, shall, in so far as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Exchange Natn'l Bk. of Tampa v. Hospital & Welfare Bd. Hillsborough Cty. · Mastan Company v. American Custom Homes, Inc.

2. ““In all suits the shop books and books of account of either party, in which the charges and entries shall have been originally made, shall be admissible in evidence in favor of such party; but the credibility of such evidence shall be judged of by the jury in case of a trial at law, and by the court in case of a hearing in equity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 235 So. 2d 337 - E. Z. E. Inc. v. Jackson