Odom v. Schofield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As Chief Justice Torbert pointed out in Fox v. Bartholf, 374 So.2d 294 (Ala.1979), however, merely exceeding the statutory -speed .limit does not, in itself, establish actionable negligence. Several other requirements are involved — most particularly the requirement. that the jury must find that the statutory violation proximately caused the injury.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lemley v. Wilson

2. “"We have held previously that a movant who receives an adverse ruling on a motion to exclude evidence, made in limine, preserves the adverse ruling for post-judgment and appellate review only if he objects to the introduction of the evidence when it is offered at trial, and if he assigns specific grounds for the objection."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 832 So. 2d 44 - Horton Homes, Inc. v. Brooks