Riordan v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Phipps v. General Motors Corp. · 38 Cal. 3d 46 - Steketee v. Lintz, Williams & Rothberg · Brehm v. Lorenz
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n attorney may properly withdraw from representation when he or she determines that the matter should not be brought to suit. Indeed, such a principle is manifest from such mechanisms as Fed. R.Civ.P. 11, which actually punish an attorney from pursuing a suit that is not properly maintainable under the governing substantive law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it has been consistently held that where, as here, there is sufficient time to engage new counsel and file suit, there is no malpractice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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