Smith v. Archer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In order to authorize a joinder of causes of action involving different parties defendant, it is necessary that each of such causes shall affect all of the defendants”. In 1 Am.Jur.2d, Actions, Sec. 123, Page 643, it is stated: “As a general rule under the modern practice, it is a prerequisite to the joinder of different causes of ac tion in a single pleading that all the canses should affect all parties to the action, both parties defendant and parties plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oman Construction Co. v. Tennessee Central, Railway Co.

2. ““ ‘To authorize a joinder of causes of action in tort, it is necessary that they each affect all the plaintiffs; hence a joint claim cannot be united with a single one, nor when the same tort affects the several rights of different persons can their cause of action be joined.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oman Construction Co. v. Tennessee Central, Railway Co.