Duttry v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
6
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 51 Cal. 3d 120 - Moore v. Regents of University of California · Phillips v. A-Best Products Co. · Bortz v. Noon · Gray v. Grunnagle · Collins v. Hand
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“advise the patient of those material facts, risks, complications and alternatives to surgery that a reasonable person in the patient's situation would consider significant in deciding whether to have the operation.”
2 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.