Ennis v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 federal appellate · 17 district · 46 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 175 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is difficult to lay down any rule under which every instance of residence could be brought, which may make a domicile of choice. But there must be, to constitute it, actual residence in the place, with the intention that it is to be a principal and permanent residence.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Gilmer · In re Davis

2. ““When there is a removal, unless it can be shown or inferred from circumstances that it was for some particular purpose, expected to be only of ■a temporary nature, or in the exercise of some particular profession, office, or calling, it does change the domicile. The result is, that the place of residence is prima facie the domicil, unless there be some motive for that residence not inconsistent with a clearly established intention to retaiif a permanent residence in another place.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wheeler, County Tax Commissioner v. Burgess

3. ““His declarations that his residence was in France, in the way they were made in his wills, with an interval of ten years between them, would, upon the authority of adjudged cases, be sufficient to establish, prima facie, his domicile in France. Such declarations have always been received in evidence, when made previous to the event which gave rise to the suit.””

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