Speer v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The direct examination opened the doors to the inquiry sought to be made by the defendants and while it is not necessary to relate the whole record it is enough to say that under all the surrounding circumstances the limitation placed qpon the right of cross-examination was specially prejudicial to the defendants. * * He [the plaintiff] testified in general but nevertheless comprehensive language that the note had been transferred to him and that he owned it; and the defendants were entitled to ascertain the circumstances of the transfer by cross-examination. Plainly, the cross-examination attempted by the defendants would have been as to matter stated in direct examination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marshall v. Brown