State Ex Rel. Code v. Code’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 20 state decisions

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

1. ““It is well settled that mandamus is the proper remedy for compelling the recorder to cancel an illegal or unauthorized inscription purporting to operate as a mortgage. Savage v. Holmes, 15 La.Ann. 334 ; State ex rel. Deblieux v. Recorder, 25 La.Ann. 61 ; Lanaux v. Recorder of Mortgages, 36 La.Ann. 974 ; State ex rel. Busha’s Heirs v. Register, 113 La. (93), 98, 36 So. 900 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Henry v. 8-Mile Post Plumbing Supplies, Inc.

2. ““The exemption of homestead rests upon the obligation to support the person to whom support is due and that is a higher obligation on the part of the debtor than the payment of his debts. The object is to secure a home beyond the reach of financial misfortune, around which gathers the affection of the family, the greatest incentive to virtue, to honor, and to industry.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lafayette Bldg. Ass'n v. Spofford

3. ““Article 831 of the Code of Practice provides, in substance, that the judge may, in his discretion, issue a writ of mandamus, even when the complainant has other means of relief, ‘if the slowness of ordinary legal procedure would be likely to cause such delay as to hamper the administration of justice.’ :jc ‡ % »”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Henry v. 8-Mile Post Plumbing Supplies, Inc.