Varvaris v. Perreault’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “shall contain the contentions of appellant with respect to the issues presented, and the reasons for those contentions, with citations to the authorities, statutes, and parts of the record relied upon.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jacobs v. Jacobs · 914 So. 2d 1260 - Taylor v. Kennedy

2. “fails to present any legal authority to support his appeal or the issues of his appeal, if one can decipher exactly what issues if any are presented. Therefore, this Court finds that the issue is waived not only for the failure to cite authority, but the failure to address the issue. The law is well established in Mississippi that this Court is not required to address any issue that is not supported by reasons and authority. Hoops v. State, 681 So.2d 521, 535 (Miss.1996) (citing Pate v. State, 419 So.2d 1324, 1325-26 (Miss.1982)).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Willie Lee Williams v. State of Mississippi · 922 So. 2d 12 - Jnwe v. Wdw

3. “the appellant's argument `should at least create enough doubt in the judiciousness of the trial court's judgment that this Court cannot say with confidence that the case should be affirmed.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Engel v. Engel · 914 So. 2d 1260 - Taylor v. Kennedy