Bicknese v. Sutula’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently April 2020 · most notably Digicorp, Inc. v. AMERITECH CORP. (2003), State v. Hanson (2012)
4 federal appellate · 30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Holytz v. City of Milwaukee · 72 Wis. 2d 282 - Lister v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · 26 Wis. 2d 683 - Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc. · 144 Wis. 2d 388 - State v. Schumacher · Harbor Insurance v. Continental Bank Corp.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A cause of action for promissory estoppel in the employment context, like a contract cause of action based on an employee handbook, is in accordance with Wisconsin contract law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“The legislature shall direct by law in what manner and in what courts suits may be brought against the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[s]ince neither party petitioned this court for a determination”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.