85 Cal. App. 4th 891 - Margolin v. Shemaria’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 38 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “would thwart the focus and the object of rule 2-200, which is consumer protection, not attorney protection. The consumer protection comes from the attorney's written disclosure and the client's written consent, just as the consumer protection for clients of licensed real estate brokers comes from the necessity of having a written contract for broker's fees.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 88 Cal. App. 4th 903 - Chambers v. Kay

2. “Both legislative enactments and administrative regulations can be utilized to further this state's public policy of protecting consumers in the marketplace of goods and services.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 Cal. App. 4th 590 - Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Mfg. Co.

3. “(1) The client has consented in writing thereto after a full disclosure has been made in writing that a division of fees will be made and the terms of such division; and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 88 Cal. App. 4th 903 - Chambers v. Kay