Hewitt v. Felderman’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roth v. Farner-Bocken Co. · Biegler v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. · Rupert v. City of Rapid City · Crisman v. Determan Chiropractic, Inc. · Eagle Ridge Estates Homeowners Ass'n v. Anderson
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The prevailing party in a civil action or special proceeding may recover expenditures necessarily incurred in gathering and procuring evidence or bringing the matter to trial. Such expenditures include costs of telephonic hearings, costs of telephoto or fax charges, fees of witnesses, interpreters, translators, officers, printers, service of process, filing, expenses from telephone calls, copying, costs of original and copies of transcripts and reporter's attendance fees, court appointed experts, and other similar expenses and charges. These expenditures are termed "disbursements" and are taxed pursuant to § 15-6-54(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial court has broad discretion under SDCL 15-17-52 to limit disbursements to a prevailing party 'in the interest of justice.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the party in whose favor the decision or verdict is or should be rendered and judgment entered.”
1 later decision 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.