State Ex Rel. Moore v. Sharp’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Knorp v. Thompson · Harrison v. MFA Mutual Insurance Co. · Missouri Soybean Ass'n v. Missouri Clean Water Commission · State Ex Rel. Chassaing v. Mummert · State Ex Rel. York v. Daugherty
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The circuit court may take no further steps as to the dismissed action, and any step attempted is viewed a nullity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. J.M.Z. v. D.L.M. · In re Gurgel“it is as if the suit were never brought.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. J.M.Z. v. D.L.M. · In re Gurgel“once a plaintiff files a voluntary dismissal of his or her petition [under Rule 67.02(a)(2)]: ‘nothing remains before the court upon which it can act; even an order reinstating the case on the trial docket at the plaintiffs request is a nullity. The legal situation is as though the suit had never been brought. No steps can be taken, and any step attempted in the dismissed suit is a nullity.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.