LaFond v. Sweeney’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 156 Cal. App. 3d 171 - Jewel v. Boxer · Frazier v. People · 138 Ill. App. 3d 77 - Ellerby v. Spiezer · Beckman v. Farmer · Freedom Colorado Information, Inc. v. El Paso County Sheriff's Department
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Courts presume the legislature is aware of its own enactments ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“confuses the client's right to discharge an attorney or law firm at will with the fiduciary duties of attorneys toward each other and their law firm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Horner v. Bagnell“not entitled to additional compensation for his [postdissolution] work on the case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Horner v. Bagnell
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.