36 Cal. 4th 364 - Maynard v. Brandon’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
3 district · 42 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 38 Cal. 3d 396 - Blanton v. Womancare, Inc. · Estate of Hanley v. Hanley · 7 Cal. 4th 1193 - Lundquist v. Reusser · 38 Cal. 3d 227 - Elston v. City of Turlock · 32 Cal. 4th 974 - Aguilar v. Lerner
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[b]ecause the law strongly favors trial and disposition on the merits, any doubts in applying [CCP] 473 must be resolved in favor of the party seeking relief from default.' [Citation.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the issuance of untimely demands for expert witness disclosures [citation], erroneous offers to compromise [citation], inadvertent dismissals [citation], failures to timely respond to requests for admissions under [Code of Civil Procedure] section 2033 [citation], and the untimely filing of cost bills [citation].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to a party's failure to comply with the applicable limitations period in which to institute an action,”
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.