King v. Buck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]ll actions against railroads . . . must be tried either in the county where the cause of action arose or where the plaintiff resided at that time or in some county adjoining that in which the cause of action arose, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided by statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 142 N.C. App. 456 - Stewart v. Southeastern Regional Medical Center · 140 N.C. App. 115 - Thompson v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.