Tooley v. Pennison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person who could have intervened in the trial court may appeal, whether or not any other appeal has been taken.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 530 So. 2d 1116 - Neely v. Hollywood Marine, Inc. · 542 So. 2d 87 - Chrysler First Fin. Serv. Corp. v. Zia Corp.

2. ““Article 2403. In the same manner, the debts contracted during the marriage enter into the partnership or community of gains, and must be acquitted out of the common fund, whilst the debts of both husband and wife, anterior to the marriage, must be acquitted out of their own personal and individual effects.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Hebert