Norris v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trust and confidence necessarily reposed in an attorney by a client requires of such attorney a high standard and appreciation of his duty to his clients, his profession, the courts and the public ... Nothing should be done or left undone by an attorney which tends to bring the profession into disrepute or to lessen in any degree the confidence of the public in the profession. It is a vital necessity to the well-being of society and the administration of justice that attorneys, who are officers of the court and part of our judicial system, should exhibit the most scrupulous care in conducting themselves and their business in such a manner as will secure and maintain the respect and confidence of the public in an attorney and the profession generally.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 804 F. Supp. 784 - Cianbro Corp. v. Jeffcoat and Martin

2. “An attorney, who contracts to prosecute an action on behalf of his client, impliedly represents that he possesses the requisite degree of learning, skill, and ability, which is necessary to the practice of his profession; that he will exert his best judgment in the prosecution of the litigation entrusted to him; and that he will exercise reasonable and ordinary care and diligence in the use of 'his skill and in the application of his knowledge to the cause of his client.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 804 F. Supp. 784 - Cianbro Corp. v. Jeffcoat and Martin