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← 427 SO2D 1013 - Schmitz v. Ryan

Schmitz v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1990
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 168 So. 2d 183 - Evans v. Hydeman · Metro Sporting Goods, Inc. v. Mutual Employees Trademart, Inc.

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

  1. “in a case of reasonable doubt, where there has been no trial upon the merits, ... [a trial court's] discretion is usually exercised in favor of granting the application so as to permit a determination of the controversy upon the merits.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “complied or was able to comply with those obligations; ... .”
    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.