Ratcliff v. Boydell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Louisiana, attorneys' fees have never been considered to be compensatory damages. The general rule has always prevailed that the right to recover attorney fees must be expressed by a statute or a contract. In the present case, there is neither and this award of attorney fees was erroneous.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 973 So. 2d 39 - Sher v. Lafayette Ins. Co. · 829 So. 2d 1066 - PRIORITY EMS v. Crescent City EMS

2. “Fraud is a misrepresentation or a suppression of the truth made with the intention either to obtain an unjust advantage for one party or to cause a loss or inconvenience to the other. Fraud may also result from silence or inaction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 792 So. 2d 33 - Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport · 860 So. 2d 60 - Atkinson v. LeBlanc

3. “defendants' vindictive, dilatory, and obstreperous behavior”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Landrum v. Board of Com'rs · 792 So. 2d 33 - Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport