110 Wash. 2d 555 - Morelli v. Ehsan’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 98 Wash. 2d 434 - Wilson v. Steinbach · 97 Wash. 2d 562 - State v. Loewen · 105 Wash. 2d 302 - Hontz v. State · 96 Wash. 2d 874 - Golberg v. Sanglier · 67 Wash. 2d 630 - Sherwood & Roberts—Yakima, Inc. v. Leach
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) represents himself as being able to diagnose, treat, remove stains any concretions from teeth, operate or prescribe for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or physical condition of the human teeth, alveolar process, gums, or jaw, or (2) offers or undertakes by any means or methods to diagnose, treat, remove stains or concretions from teeth, operate or prescribe for any disease, pain, injury, deficiency, deformity, or physical condition of the same, or take impressions of the teeth or jaw, or (3) owns, maintains or operates an office for the practice of dentistry, or (4) engages in any of the practices included in the curricula of recognized and approved dental schools or colleges, or (5) professes to the public by any method to furnish, supply, construct, reproduce, or repair any prosthetic denture, bridge, appliance, or other structure to be worn in the human mouth.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“An individual or group of individuals duly licensed . . . to render the same professional services within this state may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a professional corporation for pecuniary profit under the provisions of Title 23B RCW for the purpose of rendering professional service.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the common law rule that a corporation cannot engage in the practice of a learned profession through licensed employees unless legislatively authorized.”
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.