In Re Robert G.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently April 2020
4 district · 9 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · Taliaferro v. Maryland · State v. Estencion · 20 Cal. 3d 55 - Sanchez v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board · Lee v. State
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The decision to permit the redemption of a cause lost through delay involves subtle judgment, requiring the trial judge to balance the individual litigant’s right to ultimately have his day in court against the public’s paramount interest in insuring that all citizens can obtain a prompt resolution of conflicts while they still remain current. The primary focus of his inquiry should be on diligence and whether there has been a sufficient amount of it during an eighteen month period of inaction for the court to affirmatively conclude that the case should not be automatically dismissed. That decision, whatever it may be, rests in the sound discretion of the trial judge and we will only invade his province on appeal in extreme cases of clear abuse. Tydon v. Spong, [ 237 Md. 107 ,] 110 [, 205 A.2d 220 (1964)].” 260 Md. at 555 . (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"We placed the responsibility on the trial judge to weigh and balance the rights, interests, and reasons of the parties in light of the public demand for prompt resolution of litigation when inactivity characterized a cause of action. We suggested that the trial judge, on the scene, will have a perception and understanding of the legal environment in which the case is temporarily mired. Therefore, he was vested with the discretion to be exercised consistent with the spirit of the law while subserving the ends of justice and fairness to the parties.” Id. 400-01 (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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