Spolar v. Datsopoulos’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2014
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneider v. Leaphart · Johnson v. Barrett · Peschel v. Jones · Uhler v. Doak · Stockman Bank of Montana v. Potts
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.
“An action against an attorney licensed to practice law in Montana or a paralegal assistant or a legal intern employed by an attorney) based upon the person’s alleged professional negligent act or fo: error or omission in the person’s practice must be commence within 3 years after the plaintiff discovers or through the use o: reasonable diligence should have discovered the act, error, o: omission, whichever occurs last, but in no case may the action b commenced after 10 years from the date of the act, error, o: omission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.