249 Mich. App. 668 - Mitchell v. Dougherty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 4 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Generally, when an attorney is retained to represent a client, that representation continues until the attorney is relieved of the obligation by the client or the court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 279 Mich. App. 526 - Wright v. Rinaldo

2. “[N]o formal discharge by the client is required, and the termination of an attorney-client relationship can be implied by the actions or inactions of the client.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 279 Mich. App. 526 - Wright v. Rinaldo

3. “`Retention of an alternate attorney effectively terminates the attorney-client relationship.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 279 Mich. App. 526 - Wright v. Rinaldo