Mousel v. Ten Bensel’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 1993
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bedford v. Herman · Western Pipe & Supply, Inc. v. Heart Mountain Oil Co. · Onstott v. Olsen
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 purpose of a pretrial conference is to simplify the issues, to amend pleadings when necessary, and to avoid unnecessary proof of facts at trial. To that end litigants must adhere to the spirit of the procedure and are bound by the pretrial order to which no exception has been taken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cockrell v. Garton
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.