Tunnell v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This, instruction entirely ignores the plea of justification, and although the jury may have believed the plea of justification, yet they are told if the words were spoken they must find for the plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 Ill. App. 412 - Kantor v. Dziennik Zjednoczenia Publishing Co.