Caudill v. Arnett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 11 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * As a general rule, where an injury, although slight, is sustained in consequence of the wrongful act of another, and the law affords a remedy therefor, the statute of limitations attaches at once. It is not required that all the damages resulting from the act shall have been sustained at that time, and the running of the statute is not postponed by the fact that the actual or substantial damages do not occur until a later date. The act itself is regarded as the ground of the action, and is not legally severable from its consequences. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duke v. Housen

2. ““Appellant insists that the rule of Tom-linson v. Siehl [citation omitted] is controlling and, therefore, the date of the exploratory operation is the date of discovery of the cause of action from which event limitations begin to run. The rule of Tomlinson is an exception to the general rule with its limitation being limited to malpractice cases. 5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Louisville Trust Co. v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.