Brue v. Vaughn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “«***‘***a bill in equity must set forth, not the evidence, but every material averment of fact necessary to complainant’s right of recovery. So complete must be the averment of facts that on demurrer or decree pro confesso, the court can, without evidence, be able to perceive and affirm that complainant is entitled to the relief prayed. McDonald v. Mobile Life Ins. Co., 56 Ala. 468 .’ The bill under consideration falls short of the standard quoted.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Birmingham Trust Nat'l Bank v. Garth