Phillips v. Space Master Intern., Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently March 2019
13 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 307 So. 2d 563 - Nethken v. Nethken · Ieyoub v. Accredited Surety & Casualty Co. · 673 So. 2d 691 - Roach v. Pearl · 550 So. 2d 939 - Charia v. Mungoven · 563 So. 2d 1294 - Taylor v. Dowden
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The party attacking the judgment as null must file a petition, with service and citation upon the adverse party. Nethken [v. Nethken 307 So.2d 563 (La.1975)], supra. The action for nullity need not be filed in a new proceeding with a different number, however — what is important is that it be in a pleading directed to the express purpose of annulling the judgment. Roach [v. Pearl, 95 1573 (La.App. 1 Cir. 5/10/96) ; 673 So.2d 691 ], supra. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A. If a defendant in the principal or incidental demand fails to answer within the time prescribed by law, judgment by default may be entered against him. The judgment may be obtained by oral motion in open court or by written motion mailed to the court, either of which shall be entered in the minutes of the court, but the judgment shall consist merely of an entry in the minutes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In order to obtain a reversal of a default judgment, the appellant must overcome the presumption that the judgment has been rendered upon sufficient evidence and is correct. * * * The presumption that the judgment is correct and that the default was confirmed by proof of the demand sufficient to establish a prima facie case applies unless the contrary appears in the record.”
1 later decision 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.