Dickerson v. Scholvin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “".... the effect of LSA-R.S. 37:218, is to make legal a contract between client and attorney wherein the client may assign to the attorney, and the attorney may acquire as his fee, an interest in the subject matter of the controversy involved. This statute further provides: (1) That the parties may stipulate that neither the attorney nor the client, without the written consent of the other, may settle, compromise, release, discontinue or otherwise dispose of the suit or claim; ..."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 293 So. 2d 216 - Guilbeau v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

2. “interest in the subject matter of the suit, proposed suit or claim”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc.