Ford v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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.

1. “the defendants’ motion for continuance is granted upon terms, where, as in this case, it was optional with them to accept or not upon the terms imposed, their acceptance of the continuance is an acceptance of the conditions upon which it was granted.... Had the defendants desired to have had the validity of this order tested, they should have refused to accept its benefits, reserved their exceptions and proceeded with the trial. Not having done so, but, on the contrary, having asked for and enjoyed the benefit of the continuance, they cannot now be heard to complain as to the court’s right to impose the terms upon which it was accepted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gray v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

2. ““As a general rule, a second and further continuance is not favored, and will usually be denied unless the applicant can show that he has used all reasonable effort to effect the result upon which the grounds of continuance are based. 9 Cyc. 157.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jegendorf v. Jegendorf