Fuller v. Truncale’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Jjudicial immunity is intended to prevent a judicial party from becoming involved in a lawsuit, it would be compromised, and irreparable harm sustained, simply by forcing a judicial party to become involved in litigation, irrespective of its outcome. The harm would be irreparable because if the parties wait to address the issue of judicial immunity until appeal, any protection the immunity affords against suit would be sacrificed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 104 So. 3d 344 - Citizens Property Insurance Corp. v. San Perdido Ass'n

2. “[The clerk] lacked the power to suspend the licenses of those in the class, his recommendation was one step in 'that process. Without his recommendation, license suspension — which is obviously a discretionary judicial act — would not have occurred. Therefore, [the clerk:] was engaging in a judicial act, not a ministerial one, when he recommended license suspension without scheduling a hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robert Zoba v. The City of Coral Springs