Barr v. Griffin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the judgment is dated January 15,1976, and recites that it was signed on April 23, 1976, the record shows without question that it was not actually rendered as to the amounts of attorneys’ fees awarded in it until the latter date. It must be reversed for two reasons: First, it is clear under the record that appellant never agreed to the amounts of attorneys’ fees allowed by the court. Second, before the judgment was finally rendered the court knew that appellant had disavowed her agreement to pay attorneys’ fees and that she had expressed dissatisfaction with the agreement to give up ownership of her certificates of deposit. [Emphasis added].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Griffin v. Barr