Patout v. Patout’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 437 So. 2d 1003 - Albright v. Albright · Browning Interests v. Allison · Incident Aboard D/b Ocean King Cities Service Company v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company · 700 So. 2d 274 - Wright v. Stanley · McMj v. Cej
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In all actions tried upon the facts without a jury the court may, and shall upon the request of any party to the suit or when required by these rules, find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and judgment shall be entered accordingly.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Rule 4.01 of the Uniform Chancery Court Rules titled "Findings by the Court": In all actions where it is required or requested, pursuant to M.R.C.P. 52, the Chancellor shall find the facts specially and state separately his conclusions of law thereon. The request must be made either in writing, filed among the papers in the action, or dictated to the Court Reporter for record and called to the attention of the Chancellor.”
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.