Summers v. Montgomery Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(b) At the time of assessment of the costs ... if the court finds that a party, in a pleading, motion or response thereto, has asserted a claim or defense, including setoffs and counterclaims . . . without a reasonable basis in fact and not in good faith, the court shall assess against the party as additional costs of the action, and allow to the other parties, reasonable attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the other parties as a result of such claim, defense or denial. An attorney may be held individually . . . liable ... for such additional costs where the court finds that the attorney knowingly and not in good faith asserted such a claim, defense or denial or, having gained knowledge of its falsity, failed to inform the court promptly that such claim, defense or denial was without reasonable basis in fact.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Subway Restaurants, Inc. v. Kessler · 15 Kan. App. 2d 591 - Reyna v. General Group of Companies