Doe v. Marion’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

56 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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “merely because the court doubts the plaintiff will prevail in the action”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen Patterson, Steve Tilton, Richard Sendler, Lincoln Privette, Marc Ellis, Joey Carter, Barry Davis, Michael Nieri, Allen Patterson Residential LLC v. Witter · HHHunt Corp. v. Town of Lexington

2. “The legislative intent to grant or withhold a private right of action for violation of a statute or the failure to perform a statutory duty, is determined primarily from the language of the statute.... In this respect, the general rule is that a statute which does not purport to establish a civil liability, but merely makes provision to secure the safety or welfare of the public as an entity is not subject to a construction establishing civil liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3. “... [Pjersons responsible for processing films ... must report in accordance with this section when in the person’s professional capacity the person has received information which gives the person reason to believe that a child has been or may be abused or neglected as defined in Section 63-7-20. 2”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.