King v. Landrum’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. “" ‘It is well settled that jurisdiction once acquired by a state court is continuous though the case has been removed to the United States District Court and later remanded to the state court. The basic correctness of this rule becomes at once apparent if it is borne in mind that the order removing an action to a Federal court does not terminate the state court’s jurisdiction but merely stays or interrupts proceedings in that court pending a disposal of the action by the Federal court.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 707 So. 2d 229 - Ex Parte Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. · 84 So. 3d 60 - Hayes v. Henley, 1100636 (Ala. 9-23-2011)

2. “[a]ssuming, without deciding, that the Federal Court did obtain jurisdiction over all parties to the cause”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 707 So. 2d 229 - Ex Parte Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.