Dickerson v. Longoria’s Empirical Analysis

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10 district · 45 state decisions

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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Respondent is attempting to use equitable estoppel against [the patient's] [e]state based on actions that [patient's companion] took in her individual capacity . The fact that [the patient's companion] is now the personal representative for [the patient's] [e]state is of no moment; we will not hold this circumstance against [the patient's] [e]state. Simply put, [the patient's] [e]state is the plaintiff in this case, and Respondent has alleged no conduct on the part of [the * patient's] [e]state, or by [the patient's companion] in her capacity as Personal Representative of [the patient's] [e]state, that has affected Respondent's position. This, too, is a necessary element of an equitable estoppel defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thompson v. Pruitt Corp. · Hodge v. Unihealth Post-Acute Care of Bamberg, LLC

2. “Respondent notes that [the patient's companion] is "the heir of [the patient's] [e]state," suggesting that we should apply the doctrine of unclean hands because [the patient's companion] may benefit if the [e]state's claims against Respondent are successful. We decline to do so. First, as we have explained, we will not hold against the [e]state acts that [the patient's companion] may have performed in her individual capacity. Second, the [e]state may well have other beneficiaries or creditors. We will not hold [the patient's companion's] individual acts against these other entities for the same reasons.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thompson v. Pruitt Corp. · Hodge v. Unihealth Post-Acute Care of Bamberg, LLC

3. “"If signing the arbitration agreement is necessary to receive health care, then the decision to sign the agreement is a health care decision because the receipt of health care depends on whether the patient agrees to arbitrate his or her claims. In that case, the decision to sign the arbitration agreement is effectively a decision about where and whether to receive health care, either from a facility that requires the patient to sign an arbitration agreement, from a facility that does not impose such a requirement, or from no facility at all."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hodge v. Unihealth Post-Acute Care of Bamberg, LLC · JOHNSON v. CONVALESCENT CENTER OF GRADY COUNTY LLC