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470 F. Supp. 2d 477 - Schmidt v. Currie’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · Gans v. Mundy · Rizzo v. Haines

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

  1. ““(1) He act[ed] in a grossly negligent manner or without probable cause and primarily for a purpose other than that of securing the proper discovery, joinder of parties or adjudication of the claim in which the proceedings are based; and (2) The proceedings have terminated in favor of the person against whom they are brought.””
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ... recently reiterated that expert testimony to establish the standard of care in a [Dragonetti] action is required unless the 'issue is simple and the lack of skill obvious.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.