Green v. Russell County’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 1 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... We note that the Alabama Supreme Court has recently reiterated that state’s position that in reviewing contracts, courts are to “accord them a reasonable construction under the terms used by the parties who made them, and when the contracts contain several provisions, all are construed together so that a harmonious operation can be given to each provision as far as the language used will permit.” United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Jacksonville State University, 357 So.2d 952 (Ala.1978)....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Noell v. American Design, Inc. · Mass Appraisal Services, Inc. v. Carmichael

2. “(T)he burden of establishing clear error is not so heavy as in the normal case . . ..”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jurek v. Estelle · Dothan Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. United States

3. “(n)evertheless, where the conclusions of the trial judge may reasonably be inferred from the record, such conclusions should not be disturbed on appeal ... even though conflicting inferences of equal reasonableness may be drawn from a review of the same body of evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Trailer Train Co.