Brown v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the judgment fails to speak to an area which was disputed, uses ambiguous or confusing language, or is otherwise indefinite, the parties and subsequent courts will be unable to determine how the parties' rights and obligations were fixed by the trial court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gemmell v. Anthony

2. “[A] fundamental principle in the interpretation of judgments is that, in order to terminate the matter, the order must contain a statement of relief that is being afforded to each of the parties to that action on each of the claims.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ohio Bd. of Motor Vehicle Repair v. Tintmasters Internatl., L.L.C.

3. “It is a fundamental rule that a judgment must be complete and certain in itself”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gemmell v. Anthony