McDorman v. Archer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The plain language of § 12 — 19—27[2] states that the court must make its award of attorney’s fees under the [ALAA] as part of its judgment on the merits of the case, “in addition” to other costs assessed against a frivolous litigant. The statute does not create a new or separate cause of action to be brought after a case is litigated and given a final adjudication on its merits; rather, it indicates that the motion must be made during the pendency of the case.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cain v. Strachan · Wagnon v. Gravelle

2. ““In this case, the defendants filed the motion for attorney fees on June 21, 2010—three days after the trial court entered the summary judgment. Therefore, the motion was made after the final adjudication on the merits, and the trial court had no jurisdiction to award attorney fees. Because the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the issue of attorney fees, the order purportedly awarding the fees is void.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wagnon v. Gravelle