Janice Nodine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`[W]here an injury, although slight, is sustained in consequence of the wrongful act of another, and the law affords a remedy therefor, the statute of limitations attaches at once. It is not material that all the damages resulting from the act shall have been sustained at that time, and the running of the statute is not postponed by the fact that the actual or substantial damages do not occur until a later date.'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 872 So. 2d 101 - Spain v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 676 F. Supp. 2d 139 - In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Liability

2. “Where an injury, although slight, is sustained ... the statute of limitations attaches at once. It is not material that all the damages resulting from the act shall have been sustained at that time, and the running of the statute is not postponed by the fact that the actual or substantial damages do not occur until a later time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation

3. “Our review is governed by the same standard used by the trial court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States For The Use And Benefit Of Walton Technology, Inc. v. Weststar Engineering, Inc.