Sullivan v. Musella’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently April 2015
5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 413 So. 2d 170 - Lafferty v. Lafferty · Burnett v. Burnett · Baker v. Varela
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he precepts of orderly procedure would require that the successful party file a motion or other application to tax costs, to which should be attached a statement, preferably verified, setting forth the items claimed by him as taxable costs. Such papers should be filed, and copies thereof served upon the opposing party, a reasonable time before the court enters the final judgment or decree, so that there will be sufficient time for the latter party to file any objections he may have to all or any part of such itemization and for the court to hear and adjudicate such items by the time it enters the final judgment or decree.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Sullivan’s] objections to certain individual cost items did not surface until the scheduled hearing was well under way, even though she was afforded ample time after service of Musella’s motion to frame and furnish those objections before the hearing. Thus, the trial judge acted well within his discretion in setting expert witness fees based on his experience, his observation of the witness, his knowledge of the range of fees generally charged in this type of case, and his review of the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Catalano v. Catalano“[Ujpon the specific objection to the setting of an expert witness fee without an evidentiary hearing, the prevailing party will have to present testimony concerning the necessity and reasonableness of the fee. If no specific objection is made, as in the instant case, we believe the judge has the authority to set the amount of the expert witness fee based upon his experience in these matters together with his observation of the witness’s testimony or his review of the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Catalano v. Catalano
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.