143 Ohio App. 3d 102 - Sayyah v. Cutrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “privity between a third person and the client exists where the client and the third person share a mutual or successive right of property or other interest.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ryan v. Wright, Unpublished Decision (3-6-2007) · 940 F. Supp. 2d 569 - Carolina Casualty Ins. v. Sharp

2. “an attorney advises others as to their *Page 16 legal rights, a method to be pursued, the forum to be selected, and the practice to be followed for the enforcement of their rights.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neighbors v. Ellis, Ca2007-05-125 (5-5-2008) · Collett v. Steigerwald, 22028 (11-21-2007)

3. “A lawyer employed or retained by a corporation or similar entity owes his allegiance to the entity and not to a stockholder, director, officer, employee, representative, or other person connected with the entity. In advising the entity, a lawyer should keep paramount its interests and his professional judgment should not be influenced by the personal desires of any person or organization.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stuffleben v. Cowden, Unpublished Decision (11-26-2003)