Bryant v. Lemmons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Actions must be brought by the real parties in interest, but the identity of those parties need not be determined until an issue of pecuniary consequence arises.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Craft v. Price · 506 So. 2d 289 - Matter of Heirship of McLeod

2. “[there is] no reason for a requirement that a petition for the determination of heirship be filed within five years or any other specified time after the death of a person whose heirs are to be ascertained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 506 So. 2d 289 - Matter of Heirship of McLeod

3. “the question of heirship becomes important when a person seeks to assert a claim to real or personal property that was owned by the decedent whose heirs are to be ascertained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 506 So. 2d 289 - Matter of Heirship of McLeod