271 Ga. App. 141 - Stephens v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hobbs v. Arthur · Jones v. Burton · 232 Ga. App. 191 - Wilson v. Ortiz · 240 Ga. App. 512 - Clark v. Dennis · 239 Ga. App. 705 - Hudson v. Mehaffey
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When any case has been commenced in either state or federal court within the applicable statute of limitations and the plaintiff discontinues or dismisses the same, it may be recommenced in a court of this state or in a federal court within the original applicable period of limitations or within six months after the discontinuance or dismissal, whichever is later....”
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.