Higgins v. Bordages’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 91 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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The district court of Jefferson county had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter of that suit, unless there was a lien upon the land sought to be subjected to the payment of the claim. The petition and judgment showed upon their face that a lien could not exist upon the land; therefore, there was no jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and there was no necessity for a defense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barnett v. Eureka Paving Co.

2. “"* * * To follow it means to disregard the constitution, as we understand its provisions, and in our judgment would deprive citizens of a constitutional protection, provided by a convention representing the sovereign power of the state, which had the right to determine the policy of this state with regard to this question."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Quimby

3. “Shall we uphold the constitution as it was made by the sovereign power of the state of Texas, or shall we uphold a decision of the supreme court, itself a creature of the constitution?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Quimby