Filbin v. Fitzgerald’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 2 Cal. 3d 557 - Denham v. Superior Court · 6 Cal. 3d 195 - Budd v. Nixen · 51 Cal. 3d 1130 - In Re Marriage of Arceneaux · 59 Cal. 2d 21 - Sabella v. Wisler
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.
“The policy of liberally construing a notice of appeal in favor of its sufficiency [citation] does not apply if the notice is so specific it cannot be read as reaching a judgment or order not mentioned at all.”
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.