Toney v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 520 So. 2d 582 - King v. State · 263 So. 2d 218 - Eastern Elevator, Inc. v. Page · 512 So. 2d 266 - Norflor Const. Corp. v. City of Gainesville · 544 So. 2d 252 - Caldwell v. Mantei · Freeman v. Toney
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.
“Trial judges should be encouraged to take an active role in keeping themselves informed of the cases assigned to them.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[r]ecord activity must be more than a mere passive effort to keep the case on the docket; the activity must constitute an affirmative act calculated to hasten the suit to judgment.”
6 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... unless ... a party shows good cause in writing at least 5 days before the hearing on the motion why the action should remain pending.”
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.