Johnson v. McKenna’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. ““Counsel for appellants also contend that the last sentence in the above, ‘and in no event shall the city be liable for any part of the cost of such improvement, ’ is conclusive that the Legislature meant that the city should not in any event assume any part of the cost of construction of the sewer. This construction, however,, is contradicted by the provision that: “ ‘The general council may provide for the construction of sewers out of the general fund of the city.’ “What the Legislature meant by the sentence referred to from the connection in which it is used is clearly that the city should not in any event be liable for any part of the cost of improvement that is assessed against and made a lien upon the abutting property. We therefore concur in the construction placed upon this statute by the chancellor * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. National Cast Iron Pipe Co. v. City of Paducah