Cooper v. Acuff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appeals may be taken to the supreme court from the judgment of the judges of the circuit courts, on application for writs of certiorari, supersedeas, quo warranto, mandamus, and other remedial writs, upon plaintiff or defendant giving security for the costs of appeal, approved by the judge trying the same, within thirty days from the day of the judgment; but such appeal shall not operate as a supersedeas of the judgment, unless bond with sufficient sureties be given by the appellant, payable to the appellee, in such sum as the judge hearing the application shall require, . conditioned to pay all damages thereby sustained.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Spencer