Statement 1: Ortho substituted benzoic acids are stronger than benzoic acid.
Statement 2: Ortho substituent tends to prevent coplanarity of $- C O O H$ with ring. Thus resonance is diminished which increases acidic strength (ortho effect)

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The Ortho substituted benzoic acids are considerably stronger acids than benzoic acid , with out any respect to the substituent whether it is electron releasing or electron with drawing . this effect is known as Ortho effect.

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