Fowler v. Herman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 8 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. ““Section 4445 of Shannon’s Code (Code of 1858, section 2754) provides: . . . (1)The clear and necessary import of this section is that an action is saved from the bar of the statutes of limitation, if summons is issued within the time permitted, whether executed on the defendant or not; provided the suit (1) is kept active by the issuance of alias process from term to term, or (2) is recommended within one year after the failure to execute. . . . ””

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

2. ““Application of foreign statutes. —Where the statute of limitations of another state or government has created a bar to an action upon a cause accruing therein, while the party to be charged was a resident in such state or such government, the bar is equally effectual in this state.” T.C.A. § 28-114.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 149 F. Supp. 61 - Sigler v. Youngblood Truck Lines, Inc.