Nelson-Lizardi v. Lizardi’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 2006
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Merrill v. Merrill · Irish v. United States · Sykes v. Melba Creek Mining, Inc. · Gamble v. Northstore Partnership · Rutledge v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“after reviewing the whole record, we are left with a definite and firm conviction that the trial court erred.”
1 later decision 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.