Workman v. Workman’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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

1. “The beneficiaries of the arrangement made by Workman and Mrs. Workman as pleaded in the third amended and supplemental petition are their children, three of whom are minors. It follows they are necessary parties to the litigation as a condition of a full and final determination of the controversy alleged in this case. This is especially true if, as appellees contend, Mrs. Workman does not have capacity to be a proper plaintiff in the case, which it is not now necessary to determine. The Code of Civil Procedure declares if a determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must order them to be brought into the litigation. § 25-323, R. R. S. 1943. Smith v. Shaffer, 29 Neb. 656 , 45 N.W. 936 , declares: “When it appears that all the parties necessary to a proper and complete determination of an equity cause were not before the district court, the supreme court may remand the cause for the purpose of having such parties brought in.” See, also, Cunningham v. Brewer, on rehearing, 144 Neb. 218 , 16 N.W.2d 533 ; Burke Lumber & Coal Co. v. Anderson, 162 Neb. 551 , 76 N.W.2d 630 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Koch v. Koch