565 So. 2d 845 - Powell v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The increasing caseloads upon trial judges require that litigants exercise responsibility to bring matters before the trial judge. While it is the trial court’s responsibility to manage cases pursuant to the rules of judicial administration, this responsibility does not require that the judge keep a daily accounting of the progress of each case, nor to advise a litigant on how to proceed with a case. In fact, judges are prohibited from rendering legal advice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clark v. State