Wright v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it shall be the duty of the judge to file his or her decision with the clerk of the court in which the cases are pending and to notify the attorney or attorneys of the losing party of his or her decision.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ron Medinger v. Michael Williams · MCCURLEY v. the STATE.

2. “In addition, when it denied [the particular motion underlying the instant appeal], the [superior] court did not make any findings on the issue of notice. In such circumstances, the appellate courts have held that the order denying the losing party’s motion . . . must be vacated and the case remanded so that the [superior] court may make findings on the issue of whether notice was provided. 19”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 339 Ga. App. 158 - Williams v. State

3. “If the trial court has in fact given notice, then a motion to set aside [or a request for an out-of-time appeal] may be properly denied whether or not the losing party actually received the notice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MCCURLEY v. the STATE.