Laing v. Shanberg’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Sa Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense v. United States United Scottish Insurance Company · 82 Ill. 2d 40 - Joiner v. Benton Community Bank · Nelson v. Miller
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[M]alicious prosecution causes of action have long been disfavored in the law because they tend to discourage individuals from seeking redress in the courts.”
2 later decisions 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.