Greene v. Abbott Laboratories’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
December 1990
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he 'could have been brought' limitation refers to the timeliness of the action and not to the state of knowledge during the relevant time period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“not barred ... and could have been brought pursuant to section 5-4.1 of the estates, powers and trust law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“solely because the applicable period of limitations has or had expired ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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