Baldock v. Green’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 56 Cal. 2d 583 - Lucas v. Hamm · 49 Cal. 2d 647 - Biakanja v. Irving · 24 Cal. 3d 799 - J'Aire Corp. v. Gregory · Hardy v. Mayhew · 40 Cal. App. 3d 897 - Ventura County Humane Society v. Holloway
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.
“However, it is clear that before reaching the issue of how far the liability of a negligent attorney extends it must first be determined that the attorney committed a negligent act; that is, failed to use such skill, prudence and diligence as other members of the profession commonly possess and excercise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Franko v. Mitchell
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.