Damman v. Viada’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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. “gave advice concerning her pregnancy. However, there is nothing in these letters to indicate that the defendant recognized or acknowledged that he was the father of the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 So. 2d 199 - Ogborn v. Bush

2. “Illegitimate children, who have not been legally acknowledged, may be allowed to prove their paternal descent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 So. 2d 199 - Ogborn v. Bush