Lorimer v. Wayne Circuit Judge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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. ““Our attention is called to the following statute, which, it is said, justifies the action of plaintiffs in taking judgment against only a portion of the defendants : ‘ ‘ ‘ In any action against two or moro defendants, judgment may be rendered for the plaintiff against some one or more of the defendants, and also in favor of some one or more of the defendants against the plaintiff, according as the rights and liabilities of the respective parties shall appear, either upon confession, default, by pleading or on trial.’ * * Comp. Laws 1915, § 12802 (3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 14517). ‘ ‘ This section appears to have changed the old rule contended for hy plaintiffs. It appears to authorize the taking of judgment against a part of the defendants, either upon default or on the trial. The section last quoted was a new section with the advent of the judicature act, and we are persuaded that it was passed for the purpose of enabling a plaintiff to do what was done in this case. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kunsky-Trendle Broadcasting Corp. v. Kent Circuit Judge