Jackson v. Fillmore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"When a rule established by judicial decision has existed long enough to be relied upon by those acquiring rights to, or title in certain property, courts should be loath to destroy such rights when overruling prior decisions."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 425 So. 2d 1108 - Johnson v. Keener · 533 So. 2d 534 - City of Birmingham v. Blount County

2. “"In light of the evidence in this case demonstrating reliance upon the rule of Bernhard , the decision of the trial court to apply Nunn v. Keith in this case prospectively, rather than retrospectively, is due to be affirmed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 425 So. 2d 1108 - Johnson v. Keener

3. “I thought Nunn v. Keith , 289 Ala. 518 , 268 So.2d 792 (1972), had given Bernhard v. Bernhard , 278 Ala. 240 , 177 So.2d 565 (1965), a decent burial; now, the majority resurrects it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 409 So. 2d 731 - Durant v. Hamrick