M.J. v. Wisan’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Riviello v. Waldron · 12 Cal. 4th 291 - Lisa M. v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital · 50 Cal. App. 3d 608 - Rodgers v. Kemper Construction Co. · Simmons v. United States · Kingston Dry Dock Co. v. Lake Champlain Transp. 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“obligee's release or discharge of one or more of several obligors, or of one or more of joint or of joint and several obligors, does not discharge co-obligors against whom the obligee in writing and as part of the same transaction as the release or discharge expressly reserves his rights....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[ R ] espondeat superior liability involves no act, omission, or breach of a duty by the defendant . It involves only a relationship (between a principal and an agent) and an act or breach by a third party (of an agent within the scope of agency).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the agent's acts are the only thread connecting the principal to the plaintiff. Once that thread is severed (by a release), there is no longer any basis for the principal's liability (unless it is expressly reserved).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.