Jones v. Lott’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant · Elam v. South Carolina Department of Transportation · Steinke v. SC DEPT. OF LABOR, LICENSING · Steinke v. South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation · Rayfield Ex Rel. Estate of Rayfield v. South Carolina Department of Corrections
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For example, if a court directs a verdict for a defendant on the basis of the defenses of statute of limitations and contributory negligence, the order would be affirmed under the “two issue” rule if the plaintiff failed to appeal both grounds or if one of the grounds required affirmance.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under the [two-issue] rule, [when] a decision is based on more than one ground, the appellate court will affirm unless the appellant appeals all grounds because the unappealed ground will become the law of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A]n unappealed ruling, right or wrong, is the law of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.