Thomas v. Savage’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... does not limit the power of a court to entertain an independent action to relieve a party from a judgment, order, or proceeding, or to grant relief to a defendant not actually personally notified as may be required by law ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State, Dept. of Revenue v. Frank

2. “not enforcing a judgment obtained against the public conscience.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State, Dept. of Revenue v. Frank