Acree v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We have held that where the interest of the two parties are identical, they are to be considered as one party for the purpose of ascertaining the number of peremptory challenges they may exercise. Miss. Central R.R. Co. v. Aultman, 173 Miss. 622 , 160 So. 737 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 323 So. 2d 757 - Jones v. Babst

2. “The trial court has a measure of discretion in such matters, and we are in no wise able to say that he erred in this respect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 517 So. 2d 521 - Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Estate of Wesson