Farrell v. Theriault’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1 district · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently December 2005 · most notably Champagne v. Mid-Maine Medical Center (1998), Estate of Althenn v. Althenn (1992)
1 district · 25 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 Castor v. United States · First National Bank Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America · Auto Drive-Away Co. of Hialeah, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Williams v. Evangelical Retirement Homes · Blue Rock Industries v. Raymond International, 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] motion for continuance of an action shall be made not less than 4 days before the date set for commencement of trial in the action; but if the cause or ground of the motion is not then known, the motion may be made as soon as practicable after the cause or ground becomes known. Telephonic or other oral notice of the motion shall be promptly given to all other parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Supporting and opposing affidavits shall be made on personal knowledge, shall set forth such facts as would be admissible in evidence, and shall show affirmatively that the affiant is competent to testify to the matters stated therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he party seeking a continuance has the burden of showing sufficient grounds for granting the motion and the ruling of the presiding justice denying the motion is reviewable only for abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cloutier v. Whitten
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.