McKnight v. Evancheck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A “fraud on the court” occurs where it can be. demonstrated, clearly and convincingly, that a party has sentiently set in motion some unconscionable scheme calculated to interfere with the judicial system’s ability impartially to adjudicate a matter by improperly influencing the trier or unfairly hampering the presentation of the opposing party’s claim or defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pino v. Bank of New York Mellon · 78 So. 3d 727 - Chacha v. Transport USA, Inc.

2. “found that [the plaintiff] lied about his extensive medical history, which had a direct bearing on his claim for damages.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 993 So. 2d 1014 - Ramey v. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.

3. “misrepresentations, if they had been successful, would have interfered with the jury's ability to adjudicate the issues.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 993 So. 2d 1014 - Ramey v. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.