Miller v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““... if the case is tried to the court, judgment is deemed rendered when its terms are completely pronounced by the judge and clearly resolve all the issues in controversy ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. of Oklahoma City

2. “A judgment or order begins its legal life as soon as it is pronounced from the bench and before it is ever reduced to writing for entry of record by the clerk.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grider v. USX Corp.

3. “A judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manning v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety