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296 Ga. App. 414 - Gooch v. Tudor’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 2015
most recently cited

14 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 158 Ga. App. 820 - Melton v. LaCalamito · 255 Ga. App. 390 - Glass v. State · Hicks v. Brantley · 166 Ga. App. 615 - Medoc Corp. v. Keel · 220 Ga. App. 348 - Willis v. Brassell

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.

  1. “was required to prove that (i) [he] was prosecuted for a crimina! offense; (ii) the prosecution was instigated under a valid warrant, accusation, or summons; (iii) the prosecution terminated in [his] favor; (iv) [Ritz Carlton and Celestin] acted with malice in instigating the prosecution; (v) [Ritz Carlton and Celestin] lacked probable cause to accuse [Lewis] of the crime at issue; and (vi) [he] suffered damage as a result of the prosecution.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “While we apply a de novo standard of review to any questions of law decided by the trial court, factual findings made after a bench trial shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of witnesses. OCGA § 9-11-52 (a).”
    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.