Pickney v. Sandoz’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. “This article has not retained the provision of its indirect source which purported to give the indigent party the right to the services of a court reporter in depositions taken out of court. Actually, there is no statutory provision which imposes on a court reporter the duty of taking such depositions. The matter is left to agreement between counsel for the indigent party and the court reporter. If the latter is willing to take and transcribe testimony under deposition, and to take his chances on being paid if the indigent party obtains judgment, the reporter is entitled to recover his fees in such cases. However, no duty is imposed upon the official court reporter to take such depositions. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Broom

2. “A. When an order of court permits a party to litigate without the payment of costs until this order is rescinded, he is entitled to:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Broom

3. “the taking and transcribing of testimony”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Broom