20 Utah 2d 332 - Young v. Bridwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “manifestly against the general law on the subject ... and this fact was discoverable upon reasonable professional research by counsel, upon such a showing a duty conceivably might arise on the part of counsel at least to so inform his client.... However, in this case there is no such established error giving rise to the duty of counsel to advise his client of the right to appeal. Counsel is required to possess the ordinary legal knowledge and skill common to members of his profession, but is not required to know all of the law, nor to second guess the trial judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harline v. Barker

2. “The parties are not in disagreement that in order to make out a cause of action against the attorney for failing to advise of their right to appeal, it would have to be shown that there was at least a reasonable likelihood of reversing the judgment and that it would have benefited the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Barber