339 F. Supp. 2d 1105 - Towne v. Robbins’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Agency Holding Corporation v. Malley-Duff & Associates Inc Crown Life Insurance Company · Hobson v. Wilson · Price v. Shalala · 26 Cal. 4th 1142 - Vu v. Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance · Grimmett v. Brown
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The difference between [equitable] estoppel and fraudulent concealment, as generally articulated, is this: fraudulent concealment applies when the plaintiff lacks actual or constructive notice of his or her claim, while equitable estoppel applies when a plaintiff who knows of his cause of action reasonably relies on the defendant’s statement or conduct in failing to bring suit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`bright line' certainty which statutes of repose are designed to achieve.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.