Blount v. Plovidba’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 3 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our examination of the record leaves us in substantial doubt as to whether plaintiff brought his objections to the attention of the district judge. Thus, we do not know whether the trial judge would have given the questioned instructions had he been made aware of the nature of plaintiff’s present objections. In these circumstances we think that it would be imprudent to rule on such issues without the benefit of a clear ruling by the trial judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Horsey v. Mack Trucks, Inc.

2. “The terminology of [18 U.S.C.] section 1870 is that a litigant is “entitled” to three strikes. The words “entitled to three peremptory challenges” need not be read as meaning entitled to only three. Indeed, a common reading of these words is that the party has a right to at least three. No words in the statute explicitly limit the court’s discretion to give additional challenges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Harris