Cohen v. Lindsey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he judge ordered [the tenant] to pay $10,000 per month into the fund for the use and occupancy of the [subject property], subject to a final determination of each party’s rights and liabilities. The order established the fund as potential security for [the landlord], pending an entry of final judgment in the case. The effect of the order was the same as an equitable attachment to reach and apply credits of [the tenant] to satisfy [the landlord’s] claim. That the order actually required a transfer of funds in favor of [the attorney’s] client differentiates the order from a simple attachment, which might not be the occasion of giving ground for an attorney’s hen.... When, as occurred in this case, [the attorney’s] efforts resulted in a fund available to satisfy [the client’s] liability to the [challenging creditor], we may conclude from the language of the first sentence of G.L. c. 221, § 50, that the use of the fund for the payment of legal fees was appropriate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ropes & Gray, LLP v. Jalbert (In Re Engage Inc.)