Johnson v. Barrett’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
1
states following
December 2010
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stutzman v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America · Day v. Payne · Schmidt v. Washington Contractors Group, Inc. · Monroe v. Harper · Eatinger v. Johnson
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An action against an attorney licensed to practice law in Montana ... based upon the person’s alleged professional negligent act or for error or omission in the person’s practice must be commenced within 3 years after the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered the act, error, or omission, whichever occurs last.... [Emphasis added.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sherrard v. Prewett
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.