989 So. 2d 556 - Vann v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

77 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A judgment entered by a court lacking subject-matter jurisdiction is absolutely void and will not support an appeal; an appellate court must dismiss an attempted appeal from such a void judgment.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Palmer v. Palmer · Kelley v. Finley

2. “) appeal from a judgment of the Etowah Circuit Court (”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hicks v. Davis · 274 So. 3d 970 - Burns v. Ashley

3. “'Section 12-19-70, Ala. Code 1975, provides that "a consolidated civil filing fee, known as a docket fee, [shall be] collected ... at the time a complaint is filed in circuit court or in district court,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Merriam v. Davidson · Thompson v. Thompson (Ex parte Thompson)