Barrett v. Coullet’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 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. “[a] suit on behalf of a class should be closely studied, carefully analyzed and permitted only in clear cases because by its very nature such an action deprives non-appearing parties of their separate personal day in court, of their right to a choice of remedy, and they are bound forever by the decision rendered.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 818 So. 2d 1073 - American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida v. Alexander · 830 So. 2d 1205 - American Bankers Ins. Co. v. Booth

2. “(1) there must be an ascertainable class, and (2) there must be a well-defined community of interest in the questions of law and fact involved affecting the parties to be represented.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 830 So. 2d 1205 - American Bankers Ins. Co. v. Booth · 370 So. 2d 1335 - Thompson v. Anding

3. “"[T]hat the unnamed ticket holders do not have a common interest or a community of interest, but rather that each individual ticket holder has a claim at law which is several and independent, and that the complainant, John W. Barrett, is not entitled to maintain this suit as a class action." ( 263 So.2d at 765 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 370 So. 2d 1335 - Thompson v. Anding