162 Wis. 2d 363 - Schmidt v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vollmer v. Luety · Fontaine v. Fontaine · 57 Wis. 2d 183 - Behning v. Star Fireworks Manufacturing Co. · 140 Wis. 2d 10 - General Telephone Co. of Wisconsin v. Auto-Owners Insurance · 158 Wis. 2d 486 - York v. National Continental Insurance
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 805.16, STATS., provides fair warning that a litigant who fails to make timely motions after verdict acts at his or her peril. . . . . . . . Section 805.16 was designed to avoid unnecessary protraction of litigation. Strictly construing that section will help to accomplish that purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“motions after verdict must be filed and served within twenty days after the verdict is rendered”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A simple rule is preferable to a more complicated one.”
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.