Jones v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1938
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Whitson v. American Ice Co. · 19 La. App. 213 - Burnett v. Johnston · State ex rel. Washington v. Clerk of the Sixth District Court · State ex rel. Kearny v. Clerk of the Seventh District Court · State ex rel. Bernard v. Clerk of the Sixth District Court
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * The statute declares that a defendant may demand the bond for costs ‘before pleading’. That means that the defendant may, on a sufficient showing, refrain from entering any plea in the case until the bond is furnished. * * *” ( 191 La. at 135 , 184 So. at 567 )”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Raborn v. Donica
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.