Poulos v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““ * * * Upon the consideration of a demurrer to a petition only those facts well pleaded in the petition are admitted by the demurrer. * * * mere conclusions of a pleader stated in general terms do not constitute well pleaded facts which a demurrer admits. >{< ⅝ ⅝ if”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Board of County Commissioners ex rel. Haning v. North · Wallace v. Williams

2. ““To contend that customers of plaintiff could be misled by the phonetic similarity of the word ‘night’ and the combination of the letters ‘nite’ is to say that they are ignorant or careless or unobservant. No person with a knowledge of the English language would be misled as to the identity of the two establishments by the mere phonetics of the two trade names.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. General Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. General Insurance Adjustment Co.