Burns v. Pratt’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2003
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Ex Rel. Mothersead v. Dyer
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is valuable to the attorney [only] in proportion to the extent that such retention by him will embarrass the client. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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