Cohen v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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31 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Minor presented to this court [a writ-execution request] certifying [(a)] that to the best of his knowledge, information, and belief, formed after a [reasonable] inquiry... that the [request] was proper; and [(b)] that the letter requesting the writ of execution was not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass ....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bennie Whitehead v. Food Max of Mississippi, Inc., Kmart Corporation v. Paul S. Minor · Cleveland Demolition Co. v. Azcon Scrap Corp.

2. “[t]he consent order and judgment was endorsed by counsel from both sides, with the notation 'we ask for this,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 8 Fed.r.serv.3d 139 · Cary Cohen v. Virginia Electric Power Company, Authors League of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae. Cary Cohen v. Virginia Electric Power Company

3. “Cohen now attempts to escape the effect of the consent judgment by arguing that he was only consenting to the amount of fees, and that he was doing so because the court had already ordered that fees would be awarded. Nevertheless, the plain language of the consent order makes clear that the parties are acquiescing in the award of attorneys fees. There is no indication on the fact of the order that Cohen was reserving any rights to appeal the judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fisher v. Vassar College