Brunson v. Lightfoot’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““When a defendant admits in his answer that he does not own any interest in the property and specifically disclaims any title or interest, and the court, upon such answer, decrees that he does not have any title or interest, he certainly cannot complain.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharp v. Dougherty

2. ““Where defendants disclaim having any title or interest in land or other property, the subject matter of the action, they shall recover their costs, unless for special reasons the court decide otherwise.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharp v. Dougherty