Patterson v. Verizon Wireless’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lee v. USAA Casualty Insurance · Abraham v. Nelson · Polich v. Severson · Keesun Partners v. Ferdig Oil Co., Inc. · Brophy v. Idaho Produce & Provision Co.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an extreme remedy, and is only appropriate when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact such that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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