Cullens v. Cullens’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “All of our modern tendencies are to simplify proceedings so as to bring controversies to trial on their merits, and to administer justice according to law with as much speed as is consistent with due consideration of the matters involved. We think the statute authorizes the appearance without plea, and places safeguards around such waiver of process and entry of appearance as will prevent, as far as any pleading would, collusion in the suit or fraud upon the courts. We see no reason why parties may not appear under this statute during the term of Court and have their controversies adjudicated, where process had not been served, as fully and effectively as if it had been served in sufficient time to have taken a default for want of pleading.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 648 So. 2d 54 - Peterson v. Peterson · 733 So. 2d 358 - James v. McMullen

2. “written on a separate sheet of paper acknowledged before the clerk and filed by him in the cause....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 733 So. 2d 358 - James v. McMullen