Williams v. Viswanathan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, it is beyond gainsay that jurists have a duty to entertain and resolve pending causes unless disqualified or legitimately recused. Thus, one assessing the ability of a jurist to perform his duties viz-a-viz a particular matter must begin with the premise that he is qualified and entitled to sit until proven otherwise. More importantly, to prevent the jurist from sitting takes more than mere innuendo and conclusory allegations, Rather, those endeavoring to remove him must tender proof establishing the purported disqualification or basis for recusal. Simply put, they must prove, through admissible evidence, that the judge cannot sit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex Parte Ellis

2. “[T]he type of interest required for disqualification must be of a pecuniary nature so that the judge would gain or lose by the judgment rendered in the case. The pecuniary interest must be capable of valuation. It must also be direct, real, and certain and be in the subject matter and in the result of the case in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Drum v. Calhoun

3. “certified the reasons why he does not believe he should recuse himself to the two members of the court who are not the subjects of the recusal motion and has stated in some detail his reasons for doing so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Ellis