Lienhard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Hubred v. Control Data Corp. (1989), Children's Broadcasting Corp. v. Walt Disney Co. (2004)
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 47 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 Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · Western and Southern Life Insurance Company v. State Board of Equalization of California · 55 Cal. 2d 211 - Muskopf v. Corning Hospital District · 8 Cal. 3d 855 - Brown v. Merlo · Holytz v. City of Milwaukee
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]ection 549.09 was amended to allow pre-verdict interest irrespective of a defendant’s ability to ascertain the amount of damages for which he might be held liable.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. Does the challenged legislation have a legitimate purpose? and 2. Was it reasonable for the lawmakers to believe that use of the challenged classification would promote that purpose?”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“" The total liability of the state and its employees acting within the scope of their employment on any tort claim shall not exceed: "(a) $100,000 when the claim is one for death by wrongful act or omission and $100,000 to any claimant in any other case. "(b) $500,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single occurrence."”
2 later decisions 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.