Thompson v. Schmitz’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 2021
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Riverside v. Rivera · Brandt v. Somerville · City of Bismarck v. Thom · Heng v. Rotech Medical Corp. · Midland Diesel Service & Engine Co. v. Sivertson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court abuses its discretion if it acts in an arbitrary, unreasonable, or unconscionable manner, if its decision is not the product of a rational mental process leading to a reasoned determination, or if it misinterprets or misapplies the law.”
2 later decisions 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.