Macomber v. Cottrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We are of the opinion that it (the statute relied upon) should be construed to be declaratory of the pre-existing practice in circuit courts and its application to cases in this court upon appeal, the question being heard de novo, and that it was not the intention to make the giving an opportunity to amend mandatory in all cases. The rule has never been so construed although the language seems to be equally broad. We see no reason for giving the statute a different construction from that given the rule. We must, therefore, overrule the first ground (the ground now taken in the solicitor’s brief) relied on.” Macomber v. Cottrell, 162 Mich. 719 ( 128 N. W. 797 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Macomber v. Cottrell