Thomas v. Hodges’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It seems to us that this situation here presented should be covered by the so-called ‘Harmless Error-Statutes’ which appears in Tenn.Code Annotated as Sections 27-116 and 27-117. These sections have been frequently discussed and applied in some of our cases. See Mahon v. State, 127 Tenn. 535 , 156 S.W. 458 ; Kirkendoll v. State, 198 Tenn. 497 , 281 S.W.(2d) 243, 248 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Treece v. Hamilton

2. ““The trial judge heard all of the evidence in the case and he reached the conclusion that the plaintiff had been accorded a fair and impartial trial. Mr. Córtese stated that he tried the case solely upon the record presented in the present case. All of the facts and circumstances indicate that he was a fair and unbiased juror. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Treece v. Hamilton