57 F. Supp. 2d 994 - Boskoff v. Yano’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Tw Electrical Service Inc Nn v. Pacific Electrical Contractors Association · Attwood v. Singletary
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court may look to the intent and conduct of the parties to determine whether the relationship was actually formed. One factor to be considered is whether the client believed an attorney-client relationship existed. However, the belief must be objectively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances, which includes consideration of factors such as the intent of the alleged client and attorney and payment arrangements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McDevitt v. Guenther“except that the second prong does not require knowledge of the falsity, but rather, the absence of a reasonable ground for believing it to be true.”
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.