Esser v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “A personal judgment is the principal relief sought in a suit to enforce a mechanic lien and the lien itself is but an incident of the principal relief; although a lien cannot exist without a personal judgment, a personal judgment may exist without a lien. Clark Williams Realty Co. v. Briggs, 164 Mo.App. 104 , 148 S.W. 147 (1912).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Farmington Building Supply Co. v. Courtois