Shirley v. Mazzone’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 2005
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 486 So. 2d 408 - Hall v. Mazzone · Dent v. Foy · 439 So. 2d 137 - Peebles v. Miley · 487 So. 2d 1352 - Irons v. Le Sueur · Ward v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In all actions and proceedings ... where there is involved the administration of a trust, ... the court having jurisdiction of such action or proceeding may ascertain a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be paid to the attorneys or solicitors representing the trust, ... and is authorized to tax as a part of the costs in such action or proceeding such reasonable attorney’s fee, which is to be paid when collected as the other costs in the proceeding to such attorneys or solicitors as may be directed or ordered by the court....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hester v. Cox“`The common benefit is in bringing about a division of the lands through a judicial sale, so that each of the joint owners can have and enjoy his own.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether the award of attorney fees to the plaintiffs' counsel out of the proceeds of a sale of certain real property in Baldwin County was erroneous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.