340 So. 2d 792 - Brice v. Brice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[A] court is not without jurisdiction to exercise its inherent power to set aside and vacate a judgment because of supervening invalidity based on fraud practiced on the court by a party in the procurement of a judgment. Crisco v. Crisco , 294 Ala. 168 , 313 So.2d 529 (1975)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Faulkner v. Hays · 523 So. 2d 425 - Hill v. Hill

2. “does not limit the power of a court to entertain an independent action within a reasonable time and not to exceed three years after the entry of judgment to relieve a party from a judgment, order, or proceeding, or to set aside a judgment for fraud upon the court.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 574 So. 2d 758 - Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Warren · 383 So. 2d 847 - Denton v. Sanford

3. “fraud was practiced upon the Court in that Mrs. Brice asked the Court to make this agreement a part of the Court's decree and that a substantial period of time passed after the Court entered the decree before Dr. Brice discovered the [fraud].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 574 So. 2d 758 - Burlington Northern R. Co. v. Warren