Willis v. Mullett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Willis relies upon a number of cases in other jurisdictions to support his primary and other contentions. We do not discuss them because they were generally decided under constitutional and statutory provisions differing from those involved in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jeff Kordus and Suzette Kordus, Parents and next friend to JK, a minor child

2. “if any state of facts reasonably can be conceived that would sustain the necessity for the legislation and the reasonableness of its classifications, that state of facts at the time of the legislative enactment must be assumed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gray v. Com.

3. “next friend, negligently or otherwise, fails to file the action within the reduced time required under the medical malpractice statute of limitations for minors, [he] would lose his right to a jury trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jeff Kordus and Suzette Kordus, Parents and next friend to JK, a minor child