56 Cal. 2d 355 - Greyhound Corp. v. Superior Court’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
663 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 679 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably 2 Cal. 3d 415 - In Re Lifschutz (1970), 15 Cal. 3d 652 - Valley Bank of Nevada v. Superior Court (1975)
663 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 Hickman v. Taylor · United States v. Procter & Gamble Co. · City & County of San Francisco v. Superior Court · 54 Cal. 2d 548 - Chronicle Publishing Co. v. Superior Court · 56 Cal. 2d 407 - West Pico Furniture Co. v. Superior Court
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 679 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Certainly, it can be said, that the Legislature intended to take the `game' element out of trial preparation while yet retaining the adversary nature of the trial itself. One of the principal purposes of discovery was to do away `with the sporting theory of litigation namely, surprise at trial.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““[W]here possible, the courts should impose partial limitations rather than outright denial of discovery; ...” (Greyhound Corp. v. Superior Court (1961) 56 Cal.2d 355, 382-383 [ 15 Cal.Rptr. 90 , 364 P.2d 266 ].)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“must be construed liberally in favor of disclosure unless the request is clearly improper by virtue of well-established causes for denial. . . . `Only strong public policies weigh against disclosure.'”
3 later decisions 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.