Lewis v. Creative Developers, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1989
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 342 So. 2d 815 - Fleeman v. Case · Florida Dept. of Revenue v. De Maria · Larson v. Independent Life & Accident Insurance
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.
“It has long been the law in Florida that statutes are to be applied prospectively unless their terms clearly and unequivocally show that the intent of the Legislature is that they be'applied retroactively.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Warner
How this case has been treated — in progress
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