Barnett v. Hidalgo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An abuse of discretion occurs when the decision results in an outcome falling outside the range of principled outcomes.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Mich. App. 636 - Shivers v. Schmiege · People v. Piscopo

2. “when a defendant fails to file an affidavit of meritorious defense, that defendant has failed to plead.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Mich. App. 337 - Ligons v. Crittenton Hospital

3. “each tortfeasor need not pay damages in an amount greater than his allocated percentage of fault.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 325 Mich. App. 129 - Estate of Ezekiel D Goodwin v. Northwest Michigan Fair Association