Link v. Cater’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 39 Cal. 3d 311 - Blank v. Kirwan · 42 Cal. 3d 342 - Salas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · Laguna Auto Body v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · Corlett v. Gordon · 32 Cal. App. 4th 786 - Wantuch v. Davis
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.
“override, in all situations, the trial court's obligation to hear cases on the merits. [Citations.] Preventing parties from presenting their cases on the merits is a drastic measure; terminating sanctions should only be ordered when there has been previous noncompliance with a rule or order and it appears a less severe sanction would not be effective. [Citations.] Terminating sanctions should not be ordered as a first response when noncompliance is through no fault of the party. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The court abused its discretion in [imposing a terminating sanction] and refusing to grant a continuance when the imposition of a lesser sanction would have sufficed. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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