Grodhaus v. Dimerling’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Generally speaking for purposes of appeal a final judgment is one that determines the whole matter in litigation as to all the parties, awards the judicial -consequences which the law attaches to the facts. * ■* * Conversely a judgment is not final if it fails to dispose of all parties, all issues, and the entire subject matter of the litigation, as completely as the' power of the court permits, or if it leaves open for future determination some issue of law or fact essential to the determination of the controversy, * * *. On the other hand a judgment is not final when it does not affect the rights of the defendant, or when the court expressly retains the cause on the docket and holds the judgment open for the disposition of certain reserved matters. * * * ’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of San Antonio v. Castillo