Gilbert v. Thomson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Everyone whose name appears in the caption of the praecipe for writ of summons or complaint is not necessarily a party to the action. “Parties to an action are those who are named as such in the record and are properly served with process or enter an appearance.... ” (Emphasis in original.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 149 Pa. Commw. 314 - Silver Spring Township v. Pennsy Supply, Inc.