Phillips v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 district · 30 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A trial court has the inherent authority to summarily dispose of a matter on its own motion where there remains no genuine issue as to any material fact, and, giving the benefit of all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence, judgment must be for one of the parties as a matter of law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 23 Kan. App. 2d 876 - MLK, INC. v. University of Kansas

2. ““A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a client if they have differing interests therein and if the client expects the lawyer to exercise his professional judgment therein for the protection of the client, unless the client has consented after full disclosure.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Carson

3. “it is a general rule that a creditor must consent to or ratify a judgment by confession. Such a judgment is not binding on the plaintiff unless the plaintiff consents to the judgment or later ratifies it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morgan v. Genesee Co., LLC