King v. . Whitley’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “The variance was held fatal, because the words charged in the declaration applied to a particular umbrella which was present, and the words proved applied to an umbrella which was absent. And yet the words,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitaker v. . Freeman

2. “It was formerly holden that the plaintiff must prove the words precisely as laid; but that strictness is now laid aside, and it is sufficient for the plaintiff to prove the substance of them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitaker v. . Freeman

3. “a manifest distinction between the same idea conveyed by words spoken affirmatively and put interrogatively.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitaker v. . Freeman