Saffels v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 9 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 word `every' means each (individual or part) of a class or group whether definite or indefinite in number, without exception. * * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Champion Well Service, Inc. v. NL Industries · Butler v. Halstead by and Through Colley

2. “This amendment omitted any reference to distribution of the proceeds to survivors under the law of this state with respect to the estates of those persons dying intestate and did not restrict the action to heirs of the decedent as the original act did. * * * * * * * * * The legislature, by amendment deleting any reference to the laws of distribution of a decedent's estate, has eliminated any question of a relationship between heirship and entitlement to damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Butler v. Halstead by and Through Colley