Nesbitt v. Nesbitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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

1. “Although an appeal or answer to the appeal is required for appellate review and modification of the trial court’s award of damages, the issue of frivolous appeal first arises at the appellate court level and therefore may be adjudicated and remedied by this court. The jurisprudence has also determined that when an issue of attorney’s fees is present in the case, it is within the appellate court’s discretion to award or increase attorney’s fees for the expense of the appeal regardless of whether the appellee an swered the appeal. La. C.C.P. art. 2164; Gandy v. United Services Auto Assoc., 97-1095 (La.App.5th Cir.10/14/98), 721 So.2d 34 ; Smith v. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 44,080 (La.App.2d Cir.2/25/09), 4 So.3d 983 , writ denied, 09-0961 (La.6/19/09), 10 So.3d 739 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davisson v. O'Brien