In Re Niles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 35 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The purposes behind the American Rule are threefold: (1) unrestricted access to the courts for all persons; (2) ensuring equity by not penalizing persons for exercising their right to litigate a dispute, even if they should lose; and (3) administrative convenience.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 435 N.J. Super. 198 - Peter Innes v. Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich, Esq. v. Mitchell A. Liebowitz, Esq. · 397 N.J. Super. 614 - Shore Orthopaedic Group, LLC v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC.

2. “[n]o fee for legal services shall be allowed in the taxed costs or otherwise, except ... [i]n a probate action, ... [i]f probate is granted, and it shall appear that the contestant had reasonable cause for contesting the validity of the will or codicil, the court maty make an allowance to the proponent and the contestant, to be paid out of the estate. [R. 4:42 — 9(a)(3) (emphasis supplied).]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re the Estate of Vayda · 455 N.J. Super. 357 - Brunt v. Bd. of Trs.

3. “limited to cases in which an executor's or a trustee's undue influence results in the development or modification of estate documents that create or expand the fiduciary's beneficial interest in the estate”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 363 N.J. Super. 382 - In Re Farnkopf · 455 N.J. Super. 357 - Brunt v. Bd. of Trs.