Smith v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whilst it may be true that the precise language of the statute need not be employed, it is certainly true that the substance must be the same; and whilst it may be true that a bond not in substance the same would bind appellant and his sureties as a common law obligation, still, the appellee has the right to insist upon a bond in the form prescribed by the statute. On a motion to dismiss, the appellant may be ruled to give a statutory bond, and failing to do so, the appeal may be rightfully dismissed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gilmore v. Boening