Sloop v. Kiker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Other arguments that the appellant raised below but did not obtain a ruling on are not preserved for appeal, and we are precluded from addressing them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Bank of the Ozarks for the Registered Owners of the $4,400,000 Benton Cnty. Prop. Owners' Improvement Dist. No. 7 Special Assessment Bonds

2. “An appellant has the burden to obtain a ruling on an issue in order to preserve the issue for appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Bank of the Ozarks for the Registered Owners of the $4,400,000 Benton Cnty. Prop. Owners' Improvement Dist. No. 7 Special Assessment Bonds