Friedman v. Dozorc’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 8 district · 51 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 163 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`whether the defendant is under any obligation for the benefit of the particular plaintiff....'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maiden v. Rozwood · Security Lighting Co. v. Milton (In re Security Lighting Co.)

2. “Id. The Michigan Supreme Court in Friedman clarified this principle as follows: 21 The only act in the use of process that plaintiff alleges is the issuance of a summons and complaint in the former malpractice action. However, a summons and complaint are properly employed when used to institute a civil action, and thus plaintiff has failed to satisfy the second element required in Spear, where the Court observed”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.J.R. Services, Inc., Individually, and D/B/A Ron Russell and Associates, and Ronald J. Russell v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company · Rjr Services Inc v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company

3. “Assuming that an attorney has an obligation to his client to conduct a reasonable investigation prior to bringing an action, that obligation is not the functional equivalent of a duty of care owed to the client’s adversary. We decline to so transform the attorney’s obligation because we view such a duty as inconsistent with basic precepts of the adversary system.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maiden v. Rozwood · 738 F. Supp. 6 - Conservative Club of Washington v. Finkelstein