Bumpus v. Fisher’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"While acting within the line of their authority, they are protected as to errors of judgment, otherwise they are not protected. In all the cases, where protection is given to the judge, giving an erroneous judgment, he must be acting as judge. "”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pruitt v. Turner

2. “Public policy, and the nature of their powers and duties and the order of legal capacity that must be here employed to fill such an office, all forbid the application of such a rule to justices' acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pruitt v. Turner

3. “if the charge upon which plaintiff was tried was simple assault and battery, the justice clearly had jurisdiction and the facts showing no malice, he would clearly not be liable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pruitt v. Turner