Shipe v. Hunter’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wellmore Coal Corp. v. Harman Mining Corp. · Kone v. Wilson · Nerri v. Adu-Gyamfi · Aguilera v. Christian
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] pleading, signed only by a person acting in a representative capacity who is not licensed to practice law in Virginia, is a nullity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(c) Counsel or an unrepresented party who files a pleading shall sign it and state his address.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“For the protection of the public from harassment by frivolous, oppressive, fraudulent or purely malicious litigation, the General Assembly has chosen to hold attorneys and pro se litigants to a high degree of accountability for the assertions they make in judicial proceedings.”
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.