Ducote v. McCrossen’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. “[s]o long as an action is pending and affects title to immovable property, then the notice of lis pendens giving notice of that action is proper and the merits of the pending action do not affect the propriety of the notice of lis pendens.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 So. 3d 1243 - Cent. St. Matthew United Church of Christ v. Atkins

2. “The purpose of a notice of lis pendens is to give effective notice to third persons of the pendency of litigation affecting title to real property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 907 So. 2d 896 - McCurdy v. Bloom's Inc.

3. “affecting the title to, or asserting a mortgage or privilege on, immovable property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 907 So. 2d 896 - McCurdy v. Bloom's Inc.