De May v. Moore & Bruce, LLP’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
June 2019
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Greene v. Greene · Bennett v. Kiggins · Bussineau v. President of Georgetown College · Knight v. Furlow · Weisberg v. Williams, Connolly & Califano
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the injury to the client may have occurred during the period the attorney was retained, the malpractice cause of action does not accrue until the attorney's representation concerning the particular matter in issue is terminated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Constructive fraud differs from actual fraud only in that the misrepresentation of material fact is not made with the intent to mislead, but is made innocently or negligently.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The rule's primary purpose is to avoid placing a client in the untenable position of suing his attorney while the latter continues to represent him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hiligh v. Sands
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.