State ex rel. Smith v. Deason’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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. “"It is self-evident that all attorneys are `interested' in the outcome of their client's case. There is, however, a most important distinction between an `interest in the outcome of the case' and interest in the subject matter of the suit. . . . If we are to find an interest in the subject matter of the suit by Mr. Fite, Sr., it must necessarily result from his employment by the Board of Revenue; and we must further assume, and find as a fact, that the outcome of the present proceeding would have a direct bearing on his continued employment by the Board. The authorities cited by the appellant do not support the conclusion that Mr. Fite, Sr., was a `party' to the case in the present circumstances. It is our opinion that the possible effect on future employment of this attorney is too remote an interest in the outcome of the litigation to establish Mr. Fite, Sr., as a `party' within the statutory prohibition. We, therefore, conclude that the court below did not err in its ruling on appellant's motion to require the trial judge to recuse himself."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Bessemer v. McClain