Arnott v. Arnott’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 129 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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n appellate court reviewing a declaratory-judgment matter should apply an abuse-of-discretion standard in regard to the trial court's holding concerning the appropriateness of the case for declaratory judgment, i.e., the matter's justiciability, and should apply a de novo standard of review in regard to the trial court's determination of legal issues in the case.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. One Energy Ents., L.L.C. v. Dept. of Transp. · Reister v. Gardner

2. “Domo v. McCarthy, 66 Ohio St.3d 312 , 612 N.E.2d 706 (1993), paragraph one of the syllabus. Interpreting a trust is akin to interpreting a contract; as with trusts, the role of courts in interpreting contracts is”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Millstein v. Millstein · Nichols v. Bixler

3. “[O]nce a trial court determines that a matter is appropriate for declaratory judgment, its holdings regarding questions of law are reviewed on a de novo basis.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Artisan & Truckers Cas. Co. v. JMK Transp., L.L.C. · Cool v. Frenchko