Ruisi v. Thieriot’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably 25 Cal. 4th 703 - People v. Superior Court (2001), 144 Cal. App. 4th 344 - NIKO v. Foreman (2006)
47 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In Re Marriage of Burgess · 24 Cal. 3d 725 - In Re Marriage of Carney · 20 Cal. 3d 560 - Holt v. Kelly · 182 Cal. App. 3d 431 - Aetna Life Insurance v. Superior Court · 221 Cal. App. 3d 1575 - In Re the Marriage of Fingert
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) When the trial of an issue of fact requires the examination of a long account on either side; in which case the referees may be directed to hear and decide the whole issue, or report upon any specific question of fact involved therein. [¶] (b) When the taking of an account is necessary for the information of the court before judgment, or for carrying a judgment or order into effect. [¶] (c) When a question of fact, other than upon the pleadings, arises upon motion or otherwise, in any stage of the action. [¶] (d) When it is necessary for the information of the court in a special proceeding. [¶] (e) When the court in any pending action determines in its discretion that it is necessary for the court to appoint a referee to hear and determine any and all discovery motions and disputes relevant to discovery in the action and to report findings and make a recommendation thereon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`[T]he trial court's sweeping reference ... is not necessarily limited to strictly factual issues. Disputes involving interpretation of the existing custody orders, for example, may present questions of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`Sole physical custody' means that the child resides with and is supervised by one parent, subject to *Page 1376 court-ordered visitation by the other. (Fam. Code, § 3007 .)”
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.