Davis v. Davidor’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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

1. “Every citizen of this state, male or female, being a householder shall be entitled to hold exempt from seizure or sale under execution or attachment the land and buildings owned and occupied as a residence by such person, also the proceeds of any insurance, fire or otherwise, on any such buildings destroyed or damaged by fire, tornado or otherwise, not to exceed in value ... $30,000.00 ...”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williamson v. Williamson · Williamson Stinson v. E Williamson

2. “[I]t is necessary that the claimant own a conveyable estate in the actually occupied land....If the husband owns no assignable interest in the land, then the statute has no application. In such case there is nothing for the statute to protect and nothing upon which it can operate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vanessa Ann Cobbins Vanessa Ann Cobbins v. Derek a Henderson

3. “A homestead right is founded upon ownership of some assignable interest in the land.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vanessa Ann Cobbins Vanessa Ann Cobbins v. Derek a Henderson