Colson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Little case law exists in Mississippi with regard to the standard of review of a trial court's decision of a motion to disqualify an attorney.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Byrd v. Bowie · 793 So. 2d 609 - Williams v. Bell

2. “[i]n cases involving successive representations, a party is required to move for his former lawyer to be disqualified as soon as he is aware of the conflict, provided the motion for disqualification or the granting thereof would not place the former client at an unfair disadvantage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 793 So. 2d 609 - Williams v. Bell