River Fleets, Inc. v. Creech’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A cause of action is rendered moot when an event occurs making it impossible for the court to grant relief. In order to grant a declaratory judgment, a trial court must have a justicable controversy before it. ‘A justicable controversy exists where the plaintiff has a legally protectable interest at stake, a substantial controversy exists between the parties with genuinely adverse interests, and that controversy is ripe for judicial determination.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Missouri Parks Ass'n v. Missouri Department of National Resources

2. “The court may modify, reverse or reverse and remand the determination of fees and other expenses if the court finds that the award or failure to make an award of fees and other expenses, or the calculation of the amount of the award, was arbitrary and capricious, was unreasonable, was unsupported by competent and substantial evidence, or was made contrary to law or in excess of the court’s jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. V.M.B. v. Missouri Dental Board