Wilkin v. O'Brien’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the findings as a whole indicate what the court intended, and from them, considered as a whole, can the intention of the court be satisfactorily determined?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Pierce

2. “a reasonably careful analysis, with the view of ascertaining their meaning, renders them sufficiently intelligible to support the judgment of the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Pierce

3. “does not necessarily vitiate the judgment based thereon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Pierce