Lewis v. Connor’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 90 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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'A statute undertaking to provide a rule of practice, a course of procedure or a method of review, is in its very nature and essence a remedial statute.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ackison v. Anchor Packing Co., Unpublished Decision (12-20-2006) · Wagner v. Anchor Packing Co., Unpublished Decision (12-20-2006)

2. “course of procedure or a method of review, " and thus was a remedial statute. Id. (Emphasis added.) Having reached that conclusion, the court, relying on Reese , reached a similar result: the savings statute applies to workers' compensation appeals under R.C. 4123.519 . Lewis , at 4. As the court explained, "[w]e decline to hold that appellant has entered the `twilight zone' where dismissal of her complaint without prejudice after expiration of the limitation period of R.C. 4123.519 has the same effect as a dismissal on the merits, barring any further action with respect to the same claim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hembree v. Mendenhall, Unpublished Decision (2-5-2007) · Allen v. McBride, Unpublished Decision (12-30-2003)

3. “is neither a statute of limitations nor a tolling statute extending the [applicable] statute of limitations. Instead, it is clear that R.C. 2305.19 has no application unless an action is timely commenced and is then dismissed without prejudice after the applicable statute of limitations has run.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hembree v. Mendenhall, Unpublished Decision (2-5-2007) · Henton v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.