Bergeron v. Session’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The administration of a receivership] is frequently an ongoing proceeding in which the rights of various parties are determined by orders of the courts from time to time, and it is not finally terminated until all of the assets in the hands of the receiver are ... delivered to the parties determined by the court to be entitled.... It would be intolerable if such intermediate orders should be considered conclusive and not subject to review until termination of receivership.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. in the Interest of T.L.S. and R.L.P., Children · In Re TLS

2. ““The present order is different since, in our view, it cannot reasonably be interpreted as indicating an intention that it should be subject to revision and modification _we hold that the present order is appealable because it finally disposes of the main controverted issue...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lurie v. Atkins

3. “Only one final judgment shall be rendered in any cause except where it is otherwise specially provided by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re TLS