Amant v. Talley’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ramp v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company · 422 So. 2d 1109 - Jenkins v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 328 So. 2d 698 - Muse v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · 321 So. 2d 792 - Lopez v. Buras
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An attorney is obligated to exercise at least that degree of care, skill, and diligence which is exercised by prudent practicing attorneys in his locality. He is not required to exercise perfect judgment in every instance. However, the attorney’s license to practice and his contract for employment hold out to the client that he possesses certain minimal skills, knowledge, and abilities.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Deville v. Carmouche
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.