Dimmitt v. McDowell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is true that the article is so written that it could be argued that Mrs. Dimmitt is not charged with theft; biit no reasonable construction could ’be used other than that she wás charged with that crime. The insinuation of theft is strong, and the natural and obvious meaning of the article to those who might read "it is that Mrs. Dimmitt committed the crime of theft.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phoenix Printing Co. v. Robertson