Pearson v. West’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

90 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No person who is an inhabitant of this State shall be sued out of the county in which he has his domicile except in the following cases: [Then follow the numerous exceptions to this article.]””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Halverson v. Livengood · Smith v. Farmer

2. ““In the twenty-seven exceptions to the general rule there are ten which depend upon the residence or domicile of a party, and of these there are four in which the word ‘domicile’ is used and six in which the word ‘residence’ is used to designate' the place of venue, showing that the words ‘domicile’ and ‘residence’ have been used by the Legislature interchangeably.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. American Pub. Co.

3. ““The statute required that West should be sued in the county of his residence, and of this right he could not be deprived; but, as he had a residence in each of two counties at the same time, the law was satisfied by a suit at either place. The object was to bring litigation to the home of the defendant, which is done by suing in either county in which he resides.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Farmer