Kambis v. Considine’s Empirical Analysis

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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 signature of an attorney or party constitutes a certificate by him that (i) he has read the pleading, motion, or other paper, (ii) to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, formed after reasonable inquiry, it is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and (iii) it is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost of litigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Env't Specialist, Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank Nw., N.A.

2. “In applying that standard, we use an objective standard of reasonableness in determining whether a litigant and his attorney, after reasonable inquiry, could have formed a reasonable belief that the pleading was well grounded in fact, warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law, and not interposed for an improper purpose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen

3. “pleadings were 'well grounded in fact' and 'warranted by existing law'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen