231 Ga. App. 464 - Harkleroad v. Stringer’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
18 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Kay v. Ehrler · West v. Clarke · 167 Ga. App. 48 - Marathon Oil Co. v. Hollis · 200 Ga. App. 723 - Department of Transportation v. Franco's Pizza & Delicatessen, Inc. · White v. Fulton County
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court must limit sanctions to those fees incurred because of sanctionable conduct, so fees incurred in pursuing an unsuccessful claim would not be recoverable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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