Dennis v. Vasquez’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
October 2014
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Madsen v. Borthick · MacRis & Associates, Inc. v. Neways, Inc. · Miller v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co. · Snyder v. Murray City Corp. · Culbertson v. Board of County Commissioners
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To be on the merits, a judgment does not have to proceed to trial. Rather, a judgment on the merits may be made at any stage of the litigation, so long as ... [the judgment rendered is] based upon a proper application of the relevant law to the facts of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“clear that the judgment was final and precluded [the plaintiff] from pursuing any remedy or initiating any further proceedings in small claims court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] judgment is on the merits if it completely disposes of an underlying cause of action, or determines that plaintiff has no cause of action.”
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.