Hunt v. Windom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]his Court has on many occasions held that the trial courts have very broad discretion regarding discovery matters under Rule 26, Ala.R.Civ.P.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Anderson · 881 So. 2d 993 - Zaden v. Elkus

2. “' " 344 So.2d at 763-64 . "More recently, in Lee v. Bronner , 404 So.2d 627 (Ala. 1981), the Court again rejected the argument that only the Governor or the attorney general may bring an action to challenge the illegal expenditure of state funds, and in that case the Court quoted from Zeigler v. Baker , supra: "`”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 861 So. 2d 376 - Broxton v. Siegelman · 949 So. 2d 887 - Jordan v. Siegelman

3. “[t]he plaintiff, Ralph Windom, as a citizen and taxpayer of the State of Alabama, sued Governor Guy Hunt, alleging that he used state funds and resources to maintain a ministry and that his doing so violated the Constitution of Alabama.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knutson v. Bronner · 909 So. 2d 185 - Beckerle v. Moore