587 So. 2d 1306 - Del Duca v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably 923 So. 2d 363 - Wilson v. Salamon (2005), 784 So. 2d 1087 - Metropolitan Dade County v. Hall (2001)
49 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 53 So. 2d 706 - Gulf Appliance Distributors v. Long · 263 So. 2d 218 - Eastern Elevator, Inc. v. Page · 508 So. 2d 718 - Barnett Bank of East Polk County v. Fleming · 378 So. 2d 90 - Harris v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. · Anthony v. Schmitt
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, the defendant is required to show there has been no record activity for the year preceding the motion. Second, if there has been no record activity, the plaintiff has an opportunity to establish good cause why the action should not be dismissed.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“All actions in which it appears on the face of the record that no activity by filing of pleadings, order of court, or otherwise has occurred for a period of 1 year shall be dismissed by the court on its own motion or on the motion of any interested person, whether a party to the action or not, after reasonable notice to the parties, unless a stipulation staying the action is approved by the court or a stay order has been filed or a party shows good cause in writing at least 5 days before the hearing on the motion why the action should remain pending. Mere inaction for a period of less than 1 year shall not be sufficient cause for dismissal for failure to prosecute.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“without any design `to move the case forward toward a conclusion on the merits.'”
5 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.