Rustin v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
January 1994
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Voegeli v. Lewis · Nienstedt v. Wetzel · Smith v. Tang · Sabin v. Rauch · Sun Lodge, Inc. v. Ramada Development Co.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here is no requirement in Arizona that a plaintiff present evidence of the defendant's wealth to recover punitive damages.”
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.