James Ex Rel. Duncan v. James’s Empirical Analysis

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50 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`disposes of the whole subject, gives all the relief contemplated ... and leaves nothing to be done in the cause save to superintend ministerially the execution of the order'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 44 Va. App. 51 - Estate of Hackler v. Hackler · Rutter v. OAKWOOD LIVING CENTERS OF VA.

2. “[a]ll final judgments, orders, and decrees ... shall remain under the control of the trial court and subject to be modified, vacated, or suspended for twenty-one days after the date of entry, and no longer.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 44 Va. App. 51 - Estate of Hackler v. Hackler · Williamsburg Peking Corp. v. Kong

3. “from its very nature, an order granting a nonsuit should be subject to the provisions of Rule 1:1.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williamsburg Peking Corp. v. Kong · City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co.