Tyler v. Riverbank’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) INITIATING AN APPEAL. An appeal to the court of appeals must he initiated within 45 days of entry of a final judgment or order appealed from if written notice of the entry of a final judgment or order is given within 21 days of the final judgment or order as provided in s. 806.06(5), or within 90 days of entry if notice is not given, except as provided in this section or otherwise expressly provided by law. Time limits for seeking review of a nonfinal judgment or order are established in s. 809.50.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Werner v. Hendree · Wambolt v. West Bend Mutual Insurance

2. “an explicit statement either dismissing the entire matter in litigation as to one or more parties or adjudging the entire matter in litigation as to one or more parties. Focusing on the existence of an explicit statement will clarify when a document disposes of the entire matter in litigation and is final for purposes of appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. ECKER BROS. v. Calumet County · Kenosha Professional Firefighters, Local 414 v. City of Kenosha

3. “A final judgment or a final order of a circuit court may be appealed as a matter of right to the court of appeals unless otherwise expressly provided by law. A final judgment or final order is a judgment, order or disposition that disposes of the entire matter in litigation as to one or more of the parties ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. ECKER BROS. v. Calumet County · Werner v. Hendree