Munn v. Kelliam’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
May 1980
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tiller v. State · 123 Ga. App. 290 - McLendon v. State · 123 Ga. App. 569 - Denham v. Shellman Grain Elevator, Inc.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he court’s dismissal of the motion for new trial on the grounds stated conclusively shows an abandonment of the motion for a new trial which completely obliterates the motion for a new trial and all of its grounds and an abandonment of the motion for a new trial leaves the judgment on the verdict as the law of the case. . .” However, on March 2, 1972, the Supreme Court added subsection (e) to its Rule 14, to wit,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the entry of the order granting, overruling, or otherwise finally disposing of the motion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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