Montgomery v. Barrow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any circumstance which would place a man of ordinary prudence fully upon his guard, and induce serious inquiry, is sufficient to constitute notice of a prior unrecorded deed. And a younger deed, taken with such notice, acquires no preference by being recorded in due time.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bank of Am., N.A. v. Adams (In re Adams) · Thomas v. Henry County Water & Sewerage Authority

2. “`the moving party must demonstrate that there is no genuine issue of material fact,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Milan Patel v. 2602 Deerfield, LLC · Cowart v. Widener

3. “if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cowart v. Widener