Vinson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... [appellant] also ignores the principle universally applied by appellate courts that in the absence of anything appearing to the contrary, a judgment of court of competent jurisdiction imports verity, and is presumed valid. In the absence of anything in the record appearing to the contrary, this Court will presume the trial court acted properly, and if evidence was necessary, that court heard sufficient evidence to support the judgment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Journey v. Long · 607 So. 2d 1220 - Kirk v. Koch

2. “Because attorneys continue to allege in briefs facts on which a record is blank, we are constrained to once again make the point. If something happens in a trial court about which a party feels aggrieved, he will not be allowed to complain of it on appeal unless he gets it in the record.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 609 So. 2d 377 - Nichols v. Tubb · 734 So. 2d 256 - Burnham v. Stevens

3. “This Court simply refuses to review any allegation of error which is unsupported by the record.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Douglas v. Blackmon · 944 So. 2d 18 - Mingo v. State