Wilson v. DeBoard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Section 13 of Article 5, in part provides: ‘ * * * but the legislature shall provide a proper system of appeals, * * *.’ By the provisions of Chapter 2, Title 13, I.C., the legislature has provided, pursuant to the mandate of the constitution, a proper system of appeals from the district courts to the supreme court. Where no direct appeal from an intermediate decision is provided by the legislature, such decision is reviewable only upon appeal from the final judgment. The failure of the legislature to provide for a direct appeal from such a decision, is not a denial of, or limitation upon, the jurisdiction of the supreme court to review such decision upon appeal. It is a recognition by the legislature of a truism inherent in a proper system of appeals; namely, to permit an appeal from all intermediate orders and decisions of the district courts would result in such vexatious and intolerable confusion and delay as to render impossible an orderly and expeditious administration of justice by the courts of the state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Deeds v. Regence Blueshield of Idaho