Haynes v. Haggerty’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “[O]ur appellate review 'is not limited to the evidence mentioned by a party in trial argument or by the trial court in its ruling.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kim v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. White

2. “[a]ppellate courts do 'not review lower courts' opinions, but their judgments.' " Evans v. Commonwealth , 290 Va. 277 , 288 n.12, 776 S.E.2d 760 , 766 n. 12 (2015) (quoting Jennings v. Stephens , 574 U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 793 , 799, 190 L.Ed.2d 662 (2015) ). "In instances where a trial court's decision is correct, but its reasoning is incorrect, and the record supports the correct reason, we uphold the judgment pursuant to the right result for the wrong reason doctrine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller & Rhoads Bldg., L.L.C. v. City of Richmond

3. “This Court may uphold a judgment even when the correct reasoning is not mentioned by a party in trial argument or by the trial court in its decision, as long as the record contains sufficient information to support the proper reason.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller & Rhoads Bldg., L.L.C. v. City of Richmond