555 So. 2d 867 - Downs v. Stockman’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 2011
7 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 White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · Purcell v. Deli Man, Inc. · 518 So. 2d 1270 - Florida Bar re Advisory Opinion Hrs Nonlawyer Counselor · 511 So. 2d 977 - Cheek v. McGowan Elec. Supply Co. · 484 So. 2d 1241 - Finkelstein v. North Broward Hosp. Dist.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“MAY A PREVAILING PARTY RECOVER ATTORNEY'S FEES AUTHORIZED IN A CONTRACT OR STATUTE BY A MOTION FILED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME AFTER ENTRY OF A FINAL JUDGMENT, WHICH MOTION RAISES THE ISSUE OF ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR THE FIRST TIME?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a great deal of confusion as to the procedural requirements necessary in seeking attorney's fees. Must a party plead entitlement and the authority therefor?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.