Thomas v. Hinton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * There is no evidence that the advice was not sought and acted upon honestly and in good faith upon a full and fair disclosure; and in such case the rule is well settled that such advice is conclusive on the question of probable cause. * at 0t>? “In an action for malicious prosecution the question whether the defendant took reasonable care to inform himself of the facts before he instituted the prosecution ought not to be left to the jury unless there is some evidence of his not having made proper inquiries; and the question whether the defendant honestly believed in the charge which he made ought not to be left to the jury unless there is some evidence of the absence of that belief. “There cannot be an absence of reasonable and probable cause when the Attorney-General has granted his fiat for the prosecution and it is not shown that the facts were put before him unfairly.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steadman v. Topham