Sims v. Beamer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A motion to dismiss under Rule 12(B)(6) tests the legal sufficiency of a complaint: that is, whether the allegations in the complaint establish any set of circumstances under which a plaintiff would be entitled to relief.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carr v. Pearman · Putnam County Sheriff v. Price

2. ““... a judge will not be deprived of immunity simply because the action he took was in error or in excess of his or her authority.... The United States Supreme Court has stated that ‘judges of courts of superior or general jurisdiction are not liable to civil actions for their judicial acts even when such acts are in excess of their jurisdiction, and are alleged to have been done maliciously or corruptly.’ ... The only situation in which a judge may be held liable for his or her actions is where the act is undertaken with clear and complete absence of jurisdiction over both the parties and the subject matter... When judicial immunity is at issue, we will construe a judge’s jurisdiction liberally.”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. City of Hammond

3. “A party who seeks affirmative relief from a court voluntarily submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court, and is thereafter estopped from challenging the court's personal jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. El v. Beard