Brown v. Tauzin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Defendant sought to prove by the tax assessor of Natchitoches parish, and others, that plaintiffs owned no land in Natchitoches parish at date of tax sale other than that described in their petition; that it was located in ward 1 of the parish; that defendant experienced no trouble in locating the land she went into possession of, and made no effort to take possession of the corresponding subdivisions in township 8, range 9 west; that township 8, range 9 west, is in ward 6 of the parish; that the tax assessor checked on his plat book the Brown lands in township 9, range 8 west, as belonging to Mrs. Tauzin after the tax sale; that the lands in township 8, range 9 west, were owned by other persons than plaintiffs in 1929, and taxes thereon paid prior to tax sale to defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cobbs v. Jackson

2. “And section 4 provides: `That the tax sale shall convey and the purchaser shall take the entirety of the property, neither more nor less, intended to be assessed and sold and such as it was owned by the delinquent tax payer, regardless of any error in the dimensions or description of the property assessed and sold and the tax collector in the advertisement or deed of sale may give the full description according to original titles.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 So. 2d 1009 - Meares v. Pioneer Production Corp.