523 F. Supp. 1332 - Moon v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Having studied the briefs and law therein cited, the Court can perceive no reason why government officials should be harassed by bad faith litigation at no risk to the plaintiff. The meritless nature of such a suit makes manifest that plaintiff's purpose was not to obtain a judgment but was merely to vex and harass or to obtain publicity. If a plaintiff can accomplish this at no risk to himself then there is no restraint upon a person of bad faith who may drain the energy, attention, and will of government officials at little or no cost to himself but at great expense and loss to the body politic."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garrett v. City of Bloomington

2. “Where the defense is provided the defendants at the expense of the United States, the United States may recover such counsel fees”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Garrett v. City of Bloomington