Robertson v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 91 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably 19 Cal. 4th 1106 - Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity (1999), 42 Cal. App. 4th 628 - Church of Scientology v. Wollersheim (1996)
2 federal appellate · 91 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 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 11 Cal. 3d 1 - D'AMICO v. Board of Medical Examiners · 44 Cal. 3d 1188 - Evangelatos v. Superior Court · 43 Cal. 3d 1002 - People v. Woodhead
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“purported constitutional defenses are not applicable to the case as a matter of law or by a prima facie showing of facts which, if accepted by the trier of fact, would negate such defenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[S]ection 425.16 is analogous to other statutes requiring the plaintiff to make a threshold showing, which are aimed at eliminating meritless litigation at an early stage. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the pleadings, and supporting and opposing affidavits stating the facts upon which the liability or defense is based.”
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.