Hill v. Ramey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “A defendant can waive the lack of personal jurisdiction and submit himself to the jurisdiction of the court if he responds or appears and does not contest the lack of jurisdiction.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maust v. Estate of Bair Ex Rel. Bair · Filter Specialists, Inc. v. Brooks

2. “at first sight, on first appearance, or on the face of it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Seger v. Seger · Damon Corp. v. Estes

3. “Motion for Relief might normally be moot, as a protective order, unless renewed, expires after one year. However, the record and brief indicate that there were criminal actions filed against appellant for violating the Protective Order. We do not address the accuracy of this indication, other than to comment that in light of this information we will treat this issue as one that is not moot”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamed v. State