Shaw v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The case was heard in the court below before Judge Holcomb of Adams county. After his return to Ritzville, the judge heard and denied a motion for a new trial, interposed by the appellants, and upon this ruling the first error is assigned. After providing that superior judges may make and sign certain orders outside of their respective counties, section 1 of Laws of 1901, p. 76 (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 41), expressly provides, ‘That nothing herein contained shall authorize the judge to hear any matter outside of the county wherein the cause or proceeding is pending, except by consent of the parties.’ Under this provision, a judge of the superior court cannot properly hear a motion for a new trial outside of the county wherein the cause is pending, except by consent of the parties, and the action of the trial judge in this respect was irregular; but the case is heard here de novo, and no prejudice has resulted to any party in interest, if the new trial was properly denied.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Allen v. Allen