Dover Elevator Co. v. Servellon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court may, for good cause, to be stated on the record, adjudge the costs otherwise than as provided by law or these rules.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Catlin v. General Motors Corp. · Keever v. Finlan

2. “We reverse the portion of the judgment ordering Dover to pay guardian ad litem fees and remand the cause for proper allocation of the costs, pursuant to rules 131 and 141.... We remand this cause to the trial court to allocate costs and, if good cause is found to assess guardian ad litem fees against the prevailing party, the trial court shall state its reasons for finding good cause on the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dover Elevator Co. v. Servellon

3. “When a minor ... is a party to a suit ... the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for [the minor] and shall allow him a reasonable fee for his services to be taxed as a part of the costs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Catlin v. General Motors Corp.