Carter v. Ferrell’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 598 So. 2d 71 - City of Holmes Beach v. Grace · 592 So. 2d 302 - Bill Williams Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. v. Haymarket Co-Op. Bank · Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. v. MRK Const., Inc. · Craig v. East Pasco Medical Center, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]efusal to allow amendment of a pleading constitutes an abuse of discretion unless it clearly appears that allowing the amendment would prejudice the opposing party; the privilege to amend has been abused; or amendment would be futile.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“leave of court [to amend pleadings] shall be given freely when justice so requires.”
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.