Bolick v. Sperry’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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

1. “"However, we think it only fair, in connection with the above statement, to sound a note of warning to an appellant who elects to come here with an appendix that does not completely support his case. Under our system of procedure the burden is always upon the appellant to make reversible error clearly appear. Therefore, the duty rests upon the appellant to include in the appendix to his brief such parts of the original record as will demonstrate to the court, without resort to the record-on-appeal, that error requiring reversal of the judgment or decree appealed from has been committed in the court below. For, as is made plain by the wording of Rule 31, `appeals will be heard and determined on assignments of error, appendices and briefs filed in accordance with the rules,' and `the record-on-appeal will be referred to (only) when necessary to settle material conflicts between the parties.' Under this rule the Court will feel under no obligation to resort to the record-on-appeal to decide a case merely because the appellant has wilfully failed to include in his appendix sufficient matter to enable the Court to arrive at a decision, nor will the appellee be under any obligation to supply such deficiency by including in his appendix matter that should have been included in the appendix of the appellant."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Babe's Plumbing, Inc. v. Maier · Farina v. Farina