Johnson v. Poore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We do not know whether the appellant Johnson will be successful in obtaining a judgment against the estate at the trial of this action. However, we would ignore the plain meaning of the statute if we were to hold that, as a matter of law, [Johnson] is not entitled to a determination of the rights alleged in the complaint. In so holding, we do not imply that [Johnson] would be entitled to obtain satisfaction of any judgment against the assets of the estate of the decedent. That portion of the complaint filed by the mother of Elvis Johnson on her own behalf is an independent claim, and since it was filed within three years, it is not barred by the nonclaims statute. Therefore, we return the matter to the trial court with directions to reinstate the complaint. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tatro v. Langston