Hunt v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To prove conversion, a claimant must establish: “(1) it owned or had legal possession of the property or entitlement to possession, (2) the defendant unlawfully and without authorization assumed and exercised dominion and control over the property to the exclusion of, or inconsistent with, the claimant’s rights, (3) the claimant demanded return of the property, and (4) the defendant refused to return the property.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hill v. New Concept Energy, Inc. (In Re Yazoo Pipeline Co.)

2. “(1) the defendant made an illegal, improper, or perverted use of the process, a use neither warranted nor authorized by the process; (2) the defendant had an ulterior motive or purpose in exercising such illegal, perverted, or improper use of the process; and (3) damage to the plaintiff as a result of such illegal act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. City of Hous.

3. “It is critical that the process be improperly used after it has been issued ... In other words, the original issuance of a legal process is justified, but the process itself is subsequently used for a purpose for which it was not intended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. City of Hous.