Mitchell v. Ryder’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Western United Realty, Inc. v. Isaacs · Mission Denver Co. v. Pierson · People v. Roybal · Ryder v. Mitchell · Interbank Investments, LLC v. Eagle River Water & Sanitation District
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A vexatious claim is one brought or maintained in bad faith to annoy or harass. It may include conduct that is arbitrary, abusive, stubbornly litigious, or disrespectful of truth.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he law of the case as established by an appellate court must be followed in subsequent proceedings before the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.