Greene v. Tinker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]wards of attorney's fees made pursuant to the schedule set out in Rule 82 are presumptively correct, and the superior court need not make any findings in support of the award.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dickson v. State, Dept. of Natural Resources · Anderson v. Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles

2. “emphasize 'a desire (of the superior court) to discourage claims by others against the prevailing party (the State and unscrupulous prosecutors) or its insurer.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Dickson v. State, Dept. of Natural Resources · Jackson v. Borough of Haines

3. “the superior court was in the best. position to evaluate [the plaintiff's] motiva- . tions). , 10 , As explained above, Rule 82 is displaced by the statutory fees provision, and an argument based on Carpenter's alleged vexatiousness is precluded by our deference to the superior court's finding that he was not vexatious, We also note that when seeking fees related to her successful petition, Lee-Magana expressly disclaimed any reliance on Rule 82, noting in her motion for reconsideration "that sheis not seeking Civil Rule 82 fees in this case but has, instead[,] requested the reimbursement of her fees pursuant to [AS] 18.66.100(c)(14).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee-Magana v. Carpenter