Boo v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 1959
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 1 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Liberality in permitting amendments to complaints certainly is not to be stretched to the point of allowing an addition of a wholly different cause of action to a complaint after a jury, has been impaneled and sworn, the- opposing party objecting to .the amendment asked.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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