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1991

Citation profile

28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited

28 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently March 2011 · most notably 652 So. 2d 1113 - Brooks v. Brooks (1995), Leaf River Forest Products, Inc. v. Deakle (1995)

28 state decisions

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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 466 So. 2d 856 - Hall v. Hilbun · 511 So. 2d 112 - Dethlefs v. Beau Maison Development Corp. · 516 So. 2d 488 - Phillips by and Through Phillips v. Hull · 537 So. 2d 1331 - Tricon Metals & Services, Inc. v. Topp · 461 So. 2d 765 - Kilpatrick v. Mississippi Baptist Medical

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

  1. “(b) Sanctions. (i)f any party files a motion or pleading which, in the opinion of the court, is frivolous or is filed for the purpose of harassment or delay, the court may order such a party, or his attorney, or both, to pay to the opposing party or parties the reasonable expenses incurred by such other parties and by their attorneys, including reasonable attorneys' fees.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[A] pleading or motion is frivolous within the meaning of Rule 11 only when, objectively speaking, the pleader or movant has no hope of success.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[f]iling ... triggers the possibility of sanctions”
    2 later decisions 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.