Vaughn v. Willard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For specific performance to be granted in regard to property a technical, legal description is not a strict necessity. The contract in question must either designate or describe the land with accuracy and certainty or provide a way for the identification of that land to be perfected by parol evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Anderson v. Village of Jacksonville

2. “Appellate courts should exercise the power to set aside a... judgment on the ground that it is `against the weight of the evidence' with caution and with a firm belief that the decree or judgment is wrong.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carroll

3. “`We accept as true the evidence and inferences therefrom that support the trial court's judgment and disregard contrary evidence.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carroll