Matthews v. Matthews’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. “"[T]he husband has taken no action inconsistent with his assertion of a right to dismissal. The record shows that he filed a suggestion of death on September 19, 1990, and that he has filed three motions pointing out that a proper party was lacking in the action initiated by the wife. In the third of these motions the husband sought dismissal under Rule 25(a)(1). Therefore, we find that the husband has not waived his right to dismissal under the rule."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 861 So. 2d 396 - Healy v. Medlock

2. “"[U]nder appropriate circumstances, the formal requirements for the substitution of a party under Rule 25(a)[(1), Ala.] R. Civ. P., can be waived, and thus the exercise of jurisdiction is proper. As long as the `proper party' actually defends the suit, such defense can cause a waiver of the right to formal substitution."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 861 So. 2d 396 - Healy v. Medlock

3. “an attorney's authority to act on behalf of a client ceases on the death of that client.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 829 So. 2d 170 - Estate of Jones v. STATE FARM AUTO. INS. CO.