Dobbs v. Bowling’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “" Payment of another's debts or liabilities. Where debts or claims against property are paid in good faith by another on the express or implied request of the owner of the property, the one so paying is entitled to an equitable lien on the property for his reimbursement. However, such a person is not entitled to such lien if he voluntarily pays the debts of another without such other's request, unless, under the circumstances, the latter is estopped to deny the lien; nor is he entitled to a lien if her makes such payment in order to obtain wrongful possession of the property."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rolfe v. Varley · 612 So. 2d 376 - Lindsey v. Lindsey

2. “Simply defined, an equitable lien, when created by contract, is the right by which a creditor is entitled to obtain satisfaction of his debt by resort to specified property belonging to the debtor, and no particular form of expression is necessary in such a contract so long as it is clear that the debtor intended to create an encumbrance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 612 So. 2d 376 - Lindsey v. Lindsey