Englert v. MacDonell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 federal appellate · 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The failure of the Oregon Legislature to provide for an appeal from the denial of a special motion to strike provides compelling evidence that, unlike their California counterparts, Oregon lawmakers did not want to protect speakers from the trial itself, as much as they wanted to have in place a process by which a nisi prius judge would promptly review the evidence underlying the defamation complaint to determine whether it had sufficient merit to go forward.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. NCDR, L.L.C. v. Mauze & Bagby, P.L.L.C.

2. “(c) Any oral statement made, or written statement or other document presented, in a place open to the public or a public forum in connection with an issue of public interest; or (d) Any other conduct in furtherance of the exercise of the constitutional right of petition or the constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue or an issue of public interest.” Or.Rev.Stat. § 31.150(2). If the defendant meets the initial burden,”

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

3. “finally determinefs] claims of right separable from, and collateral to, rights asserted in the action, too important to be denied review and too independent of the cause itself to require that appellate consideration be deferred until the whole case is adjudicated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hunt v. Imperial Merchant Services, Inc.