Clark v. Ruark’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Carron · ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp. · State Ex Rel. Bird v. Weinstock · Roberts v. BJC Health System · Wills v. Whitlock
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) facts negating any one of the claimant's elements necessary for judgment; (2) that the claimant, after an adequate period of discovery, has not been able to-and will not be able to-produce evidence sufficient to allow the trier of fact to find the existence of one of the claimant's elements; or (3) facts necessary to support his properly pleaded affirmative defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Impey v. Clithero“actions for malicious prosecution are disfavored under Missouri law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Impey v. Clithero“'strict and clear proof' of all [ ] elements”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Impey v. Clithero
How this case has been treated — in progress
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