Reeves v. Miles’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Although the record contains more than fifty pages of pleadings, exhibits, and testimony, appellant has presented us with no abstract of the same. The casual references in the argument to this testimony are not sufficient for us to formulate an informed opinion on the merits of the case. In such a situation this Court has heretofore uniformly affirmed the trial court’s decree or judgment. See: Ellington v. Remmel, 226 Ark. 569 , 293 S.W.2d 452 ; Porter v. Time Stores, Inc., 227 Ark. 286 , 298 S.W.2d 51 ; Farmers Mutual Ins. Company v. Watt, Et Ux., 229 Ark. 622 , 317 S.W.2d 285 ; and, Anderson v. Stallings, 234 Ark. 680 , 354 S.W.2d 21 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vire v. Vire

2. “‘ ‘ Tbe fact that tbe appellant, in ber reply brief, has abstracted tbe record does not, in our opinion, justify us in waiving tbe total failure to comply with Rule 9 (d) in tbe first instance. To do so would be manifestly unfair to tbe appellees. They were not required to supply tbe deficiency and were at liberty, if they thought tbe abstract to be insufficient, to proceed upon tbe assumption that tbe decree would be affirmed. To allow tbe 'appellant to supply tbe abstract in tbe reply brief would have tbe effect of trapping tbe appellees.” 1”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tenbrook v. Daisy Mfg. Co.