133 Md. App. 442 - Berringer v. Steele’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 4 district · 54 state decisions

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

1. “We hold that, in order to recover damages for allegedly unconstitutional conviction or imprisonment, or for other harm caused by actions whose unlawfulness would render a conviction or sentence invalid, a § 1983 plaintiff must prove that the conviction or sentence has been reversed on direct appeal, expunged by executive order, declared invalid by a state tribunal authorized to make such determination, or called into question by a federal court's issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gibson v. Trant

2. “[T]he continuation of events theory is premised on the notion “that a relationship which is built on trust and confidence generally gives the confiding party the right to relax his or her guard and rely on the good faith of the other party so long as the relationship continues to exist.” Consequently, the confiding party is not under a “duty to make inquiries about the quality or bona fides of the services received unless and until something occurs to make him or her suspicious.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 65 F. App'x 442 - Marland v. Safeway, Inc.

3. “have imposed appellate, post conviction, or habeas relief, dependent upon attorney error, as a predicate to recovery in a criminal malpractice action, when the claim is based on an alleged deficiency for which appellate, post conviction, or habeas relief would be available.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ang v. Martin