Hollman v. Woolfson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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. “Parties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action ... [and][i]t is not ground for objection that the information sought will be inadmissible at the trial if the information sought appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Oncology & Hematology Associates v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

2. “[o]n certiorari, this Court will review only errors of law and will not review factual findings unless wholly unsupported by the evidence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lewis v. Lewis

3. “[a] trial judge's rulings on discovery matters will not be disturbed by an appellate court absent a clear abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. James v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF TRANSP.