585 So. 2d 8 - Dardess v. Blasingame’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Betts v. McDonald's Corp. · RNH, INC. v. Beatty · 512 So. 2d 766 - Higgins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Caine v. American Life Assur. Corp. · Wilder v. CHARLES BELL PONTIAC-BUICK
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The elements of an action for abuse of process are: 1) malice; 2) the existence of an ulterior purpose; 3) an act in the use of process not proper in the regular prosecution of the proceedings; and 4) lack of probable cause."”
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.