Vickers v. Howard’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. “"A party in either a civil or criminal case has the right to examine jurors as to bias, interest or qualifications; but the failure of a party to test prospective jurors as to matters which might disqualify them, operates as a waiver of the peremptory right to a new trial on this account.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mann v. State · 480 So. 2d 29 - Parish v. State

2. “"We have held that this section has the manifest purpose of the disclosure by every juror as to all material qualifications in order that the parties may exercise advisedly their peremptory challenges. Hayes v. Boykin, 271 Ala. 588 , 126 So.2d 91 , and cases there cited. "... "A party in either a civil or criminal case has the right to examine jurors as to bias, interest or qualifications.... "We think counsel for plaintiff waived any claim of prejudicial error when no follow up questions were asked when he was informed that the juror was a Sentry Insurance representative."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 459 So. 2d 827 - Alabama Power Co. v. Bonner · 50 Ala. App. 318 - Smithson v. State

3. “"A party in either a civil or criminal case has the right to examine jurors as to bias, interest or qualifications. . . . "We think counsel for plaintiff waived any claim of prejudicial error when no follow up questions were asked when he was informed that the juror was a Sentry Insurance representative."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mann v. State · 459 So. 2d 827 - Alabama Power Co. v. Bonner