Elliot v. Cochran’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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

1. ““As to the errors in the judgment of the court, in point of law, existing in the decree upon which the report is based, or in unwarranted deductions of fact — if any such there be — complained of by the defendant’s counsel, they, upon the principles already stated in this opinion, are beyond our reach; the law of the decree, as well as its conclusions upon the testimony in the cause, constitute the deliberate judgment of this court in the case, and cannot now be changed. They do not stand upon the same ground as the clerical errors or omissions of the clerk. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 44 Tenn. App. 64 - Solomon v. Estate of Witt

2. ““Every mistake apparent on the face of the record may be corrected by the court at any term after final judgment, at the discretion of the court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 44 Tenn. App. 64 - Solomon v. Estate of Witt