Priebe v. Sinclair’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 23 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When an action is tried on the theory that a material issue is properly before the court the losing party cannot raise the objection for the first time on appeal from the judgment that there was no such issue [citations], and the fact that the complaint alleges the issue defectively, or does not allege it at all, is not reversible error. [Citations.] ” (See also Baker v. Miller, 190 Cal. 263, 267 [ 212 P. 11 ]; Nadell & Co. v. Grasso, 175 Cal.App.2d 420, 425 [ 346 P.2d 505 ]; County of San Mateo v. Bartole, 184 Cal.App.2d 422, 430 [ 7 Cal.Rptr. 569 ]; Page v. Page, 199 Cal.App.2d 527, 532 [ 18 Cal.Rptr. 897 ]; Steffen v. Refrigeration Discount Corp., 91 Cal.App.2d 494, 500 [ 205 P.2d 727 ]; Estate of Claussenius, 96 Cal.App.2d 600, 606 [ 216 P.2d 485 ]; McClure v. Donovan, 33 Cal.2d 717, 731 [ 205 P.2d 17 ]; Etienne v. Kendall, 202 Cal. 251, 256 [ 259 P. 752 ]; Bonney v. Petty, 125 Cal.App. 527, 530 [ 13 P.2d 969 ]; Merrill v. Normandie Corp., 110 Cal.App. 621 [294 P.774].)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Correia v. Correia

2. “Except in case of conscientious difference of opinion on fundamental principle, dissenting opinions should be discouraged in courts of last resort.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 52 Cal. 2d 536 - MacLeod v. Tribune Publishing Co.