Beall v. Beall’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “More than six months having passed with no adjudication or decree from the trial court, Mr. Beall filed an appeal to this Court by the provisions of Miss. Code Ann., Section 11-1-17 (1972). Since he initiated the appeal, this Court has jurisdiction by the terms of the statute and his status is that of an appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 415 So. 2d 695 - Glenn v. Herring