Neff v. Neff’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · Estate of Smith v. Marasco · Valcarce v. Fitzgerald · Heno v. Sprint/United Management Co. · Kossler v. Crisanti
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the language of the ... statute that forms the basis for the attorney fees award, the number of claims brought by the parties, the importance of each of the claims relative to the entire litigation, and the amounts awarded on each claim.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“'Where the possibility of inconsistency in jury interrogatories or special verdicts exists, [we] will not presume inconsistency; rather, [we] will seek to ree-oncile the answers if possible.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Accordingly, it is possible that, in litigation where both parties obtain mixed results, neither party should be deemed to have prevailed for purposes of awarding attorney fees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.