Dotson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every man is deemed to have a domicile somewhere. Before a domicile once established becomes lost or changed, a new domicile must be acquired by removal to a new locality with intent to remain there, and the old domicile must be abandoned without intent to return. ...” 192 Va., atpp. 571-572. “ . . . He does not acquire a domicile where he is if he has no intention of staying there and had no intention of abandoning his former home when he left there.” 192 Va., at p. 573 . “There is a presumption that a domicile once acquired subsists until a change is proved and the burden of proving the change is on the party alleging it_” 192 Va., at p. 572 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kegley v. Johnson

2. ““For the purpose of voting and holding office a man cannot have more than one legal residence.... When he acquires a new legal residence he loses the old, but to effect this there must be both act and intention.” 116 Va., atp. 277 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kegley v. Johnson