Monk v. Veillon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An appellee shall not be obliged to answer the appeal unless he desires to have the judgment modified, revised, or reversed in part or unless he demands damages against the appellant. In such cases, he must file an answer to the appeal, stating the relief demanded, not later than fifteen days after the return day or the lodging of the record whichever is later. The answer filed by the appellee shall be equivalent to an appeal on his part from any portion of the judgment rendered against him in favor of the appellant and of which he complains in his answer.... (Emphasis ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Giroir v. Theriot

2. “An appellant may not by taking a limited appeal, curtail an appellee’s right to bring up for review before an appellate court any portion of the judgment rendered against him in favor of the appellant by means of an answer to the appeal. ... Our jurisprudence is likewise well settled that an appellee’s right to have the judgment reviewed by answering the appeal cannot be taken away from him by the appellant appealing only for an express and specific, or limited purpose, (citations omitted.) 309 So.2d at 378 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Giroir v. Theriot