482 F. Supp. 2d 1234 - Stephens v. Target Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stanford Ranch, Inc. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 92 Wash. 2d 40 - Mieske v. Bartell Drug Co. · Fajardo v. County of Los Angeles · 68 Wash. 2d 457 - McCurdy v. Union Pacific Railroad · Gravquick A/S v. Trimble Navigation International Ltd.
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Necessarily the measure of damages in these circumstances is the most imprecise of the three categories. Yet difficulty of assessment is not cause to deny damages to a plaintiff whose property has no market value and cannot be replaced or reproduced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sherman v. Kissinger“consider the dog's utility (for lack of a better term) in assessing its intrinsic value; such an assessment is confined by the limitation on sentimental or fanciful value set forth in Mieske, 593 P.2d at 1311 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sherman v. Kissinger
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.