Wergin v. Voss’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is claimed that by virtue of this provision it was unnecessary to prove the ordinance in the municipal court, as that court was bound to take judicial notice of its existence. No reference was made to this ordinance in the decision or in the findings by the lower court. Whether the ordinance has a legal existence we have no way of knowing. We are not authorized to take judicial notice of it as a matter of law and, indeed, it is difficult to see how we could do so as a matter of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hackbarth

2. “We think it quite clear that the contemplated injury does not appear with that degree of certainty necessary to justify the interference of a court of equity at this time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 384 Wis. 2d 127 - Krueger v. Allenergy Hixton, LLC

3. “While a court of equity may enjoin a threatened or anticipated nuisance....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 384 Wis. 2d 127 - Krueger v. Allenergy Hixton, LLC