Lucas v. Guyton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “vindication of the constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is a significant legal issue in contrast to the injury to a business interest alleged in Farrar”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ermine v. City of Spokane · Lenard Barber v. Td Williamson Inc

2. “[c]ounsel for a party statutorily entitled to recover attorney's fees must exercise billing judgment and exclude from a fee request hours that are excessive, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary. Hours that are not properly billed to one's client also are not properly billed to one's adversary pursuant to statutory authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 176 F. Supp. 2d 510 - Liberty Mut. Ins. v. EMPLOYEE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

3. “[a]lthough the verdict in this case might not have a far reaching effect beyond the walls of South Carolina's death row or its prisons, this court believes that the verdict will have a significant effect within those walls”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lenard Barber v. Td Williamson Inc