654 So. 2d 889 - Caracci v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “[T]here is no indication from the record that either party filed a motion for new trial on the June 20, 1994 judgment. There is no indication in the amended judgment that the court granted a new trial and no record that any hearing was held before the amended judgment was rendered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 840 So. 2d 1281 - Francis v. Lafon Nursing Home of Holy Family

2. “La. C.C.P. art.1951 is controlling: A final judgment may be amended by the trial court at any time, with or without notice, on its own motion or on motion of any party: To alter the phraselogy [sic] of the judgment, but not the substance [5] ; or To correct errors of calculation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 840 So. 2d 1281 - Francis v. Lafon Nursing Home of Holy Family

3. “Thus it appears that the trial court may have inadvertently omitted two of the defendants in the original judgment, and tried to correct the omission with the amended judgment. Such a substantive amendment to a final written judgment is beyond the trial court's authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 840 So. 2d 1281 - Francis v. Lafon Nursing Home of Holy Family