McClendon v. Hamilton’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. ““Though such a judgment may be reversed upon appeal if found erroneous, yet under generally accepted law the judgment is not suspended by the appeal. The effect of a supersedeas is only to stay the issuance of an execution for costs. High on Extraordinary Remedies, Sec. 756, p. 701; Mechem on Public Offices, Sec. 497; 22 R. C. L. 719, 728; 3 Am. Juris. Appeal and Error, Sec. 565; 51 C. J. 363; Fawcett v. Superior Court, 15 Wash. 342 , 46 P. 389 , 55 Am. St. Rep. 894 ; People v. Reinberg, 263 Ill. 536 , 105 N. E. 715 , L. R. A. 1915E, 401, Ann. Cas. 1915C, 343; State ex rel. Guthrie v. Chapman, 187 Wash. 327 , 60 P. 2d 245 , 106 A. L. R. 640; State ex rel. Sathre v. Roberts, 67 N. D. 92 , 269 N. W. 913 , 108 A. L. R. 37."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Baker v. Wilson