Mitchell v. MMM, INC.’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * We have carefully reconsidered the question of whether the services for which plaintiff is here seeking to recover are for ‘personal services rendered’ or ‘labor done’. This language is broad enough to include claims for every service rendered which involve mental or ohysical effort. See Felton v. Johnson, 112 Texas 412 , 247 S.W. 837 . In Bellinger v. Schutte, Texas Civ. App., 244 S.W. 2d 261, 264 , writ refused, it was held that Art. 2226, as amended in 1949, must be construed in keeping with its plain unambiguous language. When so construed, we are constrained to hold that it embraces this claim, sued on by plaintiff.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Huff v. Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company

2. “is entitled to all rights and privileges of a registered professional engineer, while the said certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MMM, INC. v. Mitchell

3. “In case of a registered engineer, the certificate shall authorize the practice of professional engineering.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MMM, INC. v. Mitchell