Talco, Ltd. v. Danielson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently June 2015
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Western United Realty, Inc. v. Isaacs · Weibert v. Rothe Bros., Inc. · McDonald v. Lakewood Country Club · Metropolitan Suburban Water Users Ass'n v. Colorado River Water Conservation District · Town of De Beque v. Enewold
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantially frivolous, substantially groundless, or substantially vexatious.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The general assembly recognizes that courts of record of this state have become increasingly burdened with litigation which is straining the judicial system and interfering with the effective administration of civil justice. In response to this problem, the general assembly hereby sets forth the provision for the recovery of attorney fees in courts of record when the bringing or defense of an action, or part thereof ... is determined to have been substantially frivolous, substantially groundless, or substantially vexations, (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Little v. Fellman“Section 18-17-108 contains a nonexclusive list of factors that a court must consider in determining whether to assess attorney fees.”
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.