Johnson v. Wade’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 17 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in the Court of Appeals and must petition for rehearing in the Court of Appeals and must petition this Court for certiorari. Issues not raised in petition for certiorari to review Court of Appeals decision will not be considered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hough v. Leonard

2. “"Testimony in the form of an opinion or inference otherwise admissible is not objectionable because it embraces an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact." [emphasis added]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gabus v. Harvey

3. “An erroneous instruction is not cause for reversal, unless it is shown that it probably misguided the jury; otherwise it is harmless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bingham v. Hollingsworth Manufacturing Co.