Thunberg v. Strause’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

122 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 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An opponent’s conduct has been deemed to be “arbitrary” within the meaning of the statute if such conduct is based on random or convenient selection or choice rather than on reason or nature. An opponent also can be deemed to have brought suit “vexatiously” if he filed the suit without sufficient grounds in either law or in fact and if the suit served the sole purpose of causing annoyance. Finally, an opponent can be charged with filing a lawsuit in “bad faith” if he filed the suit for purposes of fraud, dishonesty, or corruption.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eagleview Corporate Center Ass'n v. Citadel Federal Credit Union · Cecil Township Municipal Authority v. North American Specialty Surety Co.

2. “... frivolous or taken solely for delay or that the conduct of the participant against whom costs are to be imposed is dilatory, obdurate or vexatious. The appellate court may remand the case to the trial court to determine the amount of damages authorized by this rule.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2010 Pa. Super. 26 - Rohm and Haas Co. v. Lin · 2001 Pa. Super. 282 - Gargano v. Terminix International Co.

3. “[A]ppellate review of an order of a tribunal awarding counsel fees to a litigant is limited solely to determining whether the tribunal palpably abused its discretion in making the fee award.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Nomination Paper of Nader · 2003 Pa. Super. 151 - Berg v. Georgetown Builders, Inc.