Sharts v. Natelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This letter is to inform you that if you can get a DECLARATORY JUDEGEMENT [sic] in my favor, I’m only going to sue you for approximately $35,000 which represents the extent of the damages I’ve suffered so far, in the form of interest payments I’ve had to pay while waiting for you to correct the legal errors you should have corrected two years ago when you were made aware of them. If you lose, the Declaratory Judgement to set the record straight, I intend to bring a MALPRACTICE SUIT against Natelson and Ross for a minimum of $800,000 to $2,000,000 which represents the direct and provable damages you have caused me by your carelessness. I am bringing to New Mexico some very expensive and very professional “family” attornies [sic] who are very interested in the case. [Capitalization and emphasis in original.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharts v. Natelson

2. “[T]he judicial process does not create liabilities or destroy rights, but only declares what is present through the process of determining the facts and applying the law. Thus, a right, remedy or interest is usually lost, or a liability is imposed at the time of a lawyer’s error, even though a court does not so declare until a later date. Although the unpredictability in resolution through the judicial process may excuse discovery of the injury, a judicial determination does not “create” the injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sharts v. Natelson