Massey v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 1997
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re King's Estate · North East Independent School District v. Aldridge · Davis v. McCray Refrigerator Sales Corp. · Schlipf v. Exxon Corp. · Kothmann v. Boley
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mere dismissal of plaintiff’s suit did not have the effect of dismissing or otherwise disposing of defendant’s cross-action. [Citations omitted] ... In other words, where court dismisses plaintiffs suit, and does not refer to or mention the defendant’s cross-action, the judgment does not dispose of the cross-action expressly or by implication, and is therefore not such a final judgment as will authorize an appeal therefrom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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