Ex Parte Shelby County’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the City of Birmingham's purported annexation of Shelby County territory, and the ordinances and exercise of municipal authority in conjunction therewith, [were] unlawful and invalid.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 541 So. 2d 1094 - Ex Parte City of Huntsville

2. “`a real and bona fide defendant whose interest in the result of the action is adverse to that of the plaintiff with respect to the cause of action against the other defendant.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 558 So. 2d 877 - Isbell v. Smith

3. “[i]f venue in a particular county is proper as to one defendant, then additional claims and parties may be joined as ancillary thereto. Rule 82(c), A.R.Civ.P.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 541 So. 2d 1094 - Ex Parte City of Huntsville