McElroy v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * We point out that this principle of dependence upon lay testimony serves as a guide only in those cases where the medical testimony is so evenly balanced and so violently conflicting as to prevent the drawing of a conclusion. * * * ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 109 So. 2d 126 - Davis v. Clyburn