Saucer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 718 So. 2d 1179 - In Re Amend. to Rules Regulating Fla. Bar · Major v. State · 703 So. 2d 1176 - Bradley v. State · 705 So. 2d 1374 - Deason v. Florida Dept. of Corrections · 698 So. 2d 1313 - Mercade v. State
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.
“WHEREAS, frivolous inmate lawsuits congest civil court dockets and delay the administration of justice for all litigants, and WHEREAS, each year self-represented indigent inmates in Florida's jails and prisons file an ever-increasing number of frivolous lawsuits at public expense against public officers and employees, and WHEREAS, state and local governments spend millions of dollars each year processing, serving, and defending frivolous lawsuits filed by self-represented indigent inmates, and WHEREAS, the overwhelming majority of civil lawsuits filed by self-represented indigent inmates are frivolous and malicious actions intended to embarrass or harass public officers and employees, and WHEREAS, under current law frivolous inmate lawsuits are dismissible by the courts only after considerable expenditure of precious taxpayer and judicial resources, NOW THEREFORE, [the subject act is hereby] Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Hall v. State“amended section 944.279 by deleting all reference to loss of gain-time and section 944.28(2) and added provisions for disciplinary procedures pursuant to rules of the department provided in section 944.09,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hall v. State“to the appropriate institution or facility for disciplinary procedures pursuant to the rules of the department as provided in s. 944.09,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Hall v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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