Connell v. Reno Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““4. That the said Action shall remain on the docket of the above entitled Court as an action in damages by plaintiff against defendants in order that the Court may hear evidence pertaining thereto and award to the plaintiff and against the defendants such damages, if any, as the plaintiff may be entitled to under the facts and circumstances; That the respective parties may file such supplemental pleadings as will place said matter in issue for such further consideration by the Court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Connell v. Reno Construction Co.

2. ““The petition sought relief only in the form of injunction. This court is, by a long line of decisions, committed to the rule that a case will not be reviewed on its merits where only injunctive relief is sought and the need for that relief has ceased to be a justiciable issue.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mills v. McCarty