Boring v. Boring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No hearing shall be had in a divorce suit until, at least, sixty days after the filing of the petition . . . ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moeller v. Moeller · Busch v. Busch

2. ““A deposition to be read on the trial of a case in the district court must be filed at least one day before the day of trial; and the statute means thereby, that one clear day must intervene between the filing of the deposition and the commencement of the trial at which it is to be read. To properly compute the time within said statute, both the day on which the deposition is filed, and the day of the trial, are to be excluded.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baugh v. Rural High School District No. 5 · Gunter v. Eiznhamer

3. ““That where any law of this state or any rule or regulation lawfully promulgated thereunder prescribes the time within which an act is to be done, if not otherwise specifically provided, the time within which such act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last; if the last day be Sunday or a statutory holiday, it shall be excluded; Provided, That if the time within which an act is to be done is one week or less, Sundays and statutory holidays shall be excluded.” (Our italics.)”

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