Talley v. Mathis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The only agreement that is alleged to have been reached ... in Georgia was for the lawful purchase in Kentucky of a ticket in that state’s lottery. The consideration for this agreement was the joint contribution of the purchase price of the ticket and the exchange of mutual promises to share in any resulting proceeds. There is nothing unlawful in either the agreement or the consideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meyer v. Hawkinson

2. “the public policy of this state would be violated if appellant were denied the opportunity to seek to enforce the alleged agreement against appellees.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dickerson v. Deno

3. “the ticket was legally purchased with joint funds in Kentucky,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dickerson v. Deno