Bunn v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. ““Worry” as used in statutes providing that one may destroy a dog worrying sheep means “to run after; to chase; to bark at.” Such is the meaning given to the word by courts of cattle raising states such as Colorado and Wisconsin. In re: Failing v. People, [ 105 Colo. 399 ,] 98 P.2d 865 (Colo.); Bass v. Nofsinger, [ 222 Wis. 480 ,] 269 N.W. 303 (Wis.); both cases citing 8 Words and Phrases, 1st Series, p. 7526; 45 Words and Phrases (Perm.Ed.) p. 541. [Bunn, supra, 3 N.J. at 198 , 69 A.2d 576 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 328 N.J. Super. 287 - State v. Spano

2. “We hold the law to be that a landowner has no right to kill a dog which is merely trespassing but he may humanely destroy a dog under circumstances giving rise to a reasonable belief that the dog is chasing, worrying, wounding or destroying stock or domestic animals, his person, his property, or that of other persons. [ Id. at 200, 69 A.2d 576 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 328 N.J. Super. 287 - State v. Spano