Floor v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 12 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “78-13-4. Actions on written contracts. — When the defendant has contracted in writing to perform an obligation in a particular county of the state and resides in another county, an action on such contract obligation may be com menced and tried in the county where such obligation is to be performed or in which the defendant resides. 78-13-7. All other actions. — In all other cases the action must be tried in the county in which the cause of action arises, or in the county in which any defendant resides at the commencement of the action; provided, that if any such defendant is a corporation, any county in which such corporation has its principal office or place of business shall be deemed the county in which such corporation resides within the meaning of this section....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jorgensen v. John Clay and Co.

2. “All transitory causes of action arising without this state in favor of residents of this siate shall, if action is brought thereon in this state, be brought and tried in the county where the plaintiff resides, or in the county where the principal defendant resides, or if the principal defendant is a corporation, then in the county where the plaintiff resides or in the county where such corporation has an office or place of business, subject, however, to a change of venue as provided by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co. v. Memmott