Stephens v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 630 So. 2d 714 - Segura v. Frank · 785 So. 2d 779 - Clark v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. · 830 So. 2d 967 - Mosing v. Domas · 714 So. 2d 115 - Stephens v. Stephens · Barton v. Barton
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Art. 561. Abandonment in trial and appellate court A. (1) An action * * * is abandoned when the parties fail to take any step in its prosecution or defense in the trial court for a period of three years, unless it is a succession proceeding[.] * * * (3) This provision shall be operative without formal order, but, on ex parte motion of any party or other interested person by affidavit which provides that no step has been timely taken in the prosecution or defense of the action, the trial court shall enter a formal order of dismissal as of the date of its abandonment. * * * B. Any formal discovery as authorized by this Code and served on all parties whether or not filed of record, including the taking of a deposition with or without formal notice, shall be deemed to be a step in the prosecution or defense of an action.”
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.