Harris v. Miles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Therefore, we conclude that where the plaintiff has had the benefit of the entire new period of limitations to file suit on a pre-existing cause of action, application of the new statute is prospective in that the statutory change relates only to procedures to occur in the future. No substantive right has been impaired.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nash v. Asher

2. ““Is a plaintiff who brought suit on July 24th, 1974 whose cause of action for medical malpractice arose on or about September 23, 1970 now barred from prosecuting that claim by virtue of that certain amendment to F.S.A. § 95.11(6) changing the period of limitations applicable to such actions to two years?””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nash v. Asher