Weisbecker v. Weisbecker’s Empirical Analysis
1945
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently May 1990
17 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 Sharon v. Sharon · Diamond v. Superior Court · 19 Cal. App. 2d 78 - Conlin v. Coyne · 23 Cal. 2d 511 - Caminetti v. Edward Brown & Sons · 15 Cal. App. 2d 569 - Conlin v. Coyne
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the present case, it is difficult to see wherein the appellant’s attorney acted in any manner different from that which might reasonably be expected under the existing circumstances. The appeal was initiated in customary and timely manner; there were the usual telephonic conversations with the reporter concerning progress; the attorney was advised that no rights were being prejudiced and that the opposing attorney consented to the delay. As soon as knowledge of the reporter’s sudden death came to the attorney’s attention, the motion for new trial was filed. If then, the appellant has acted in a reasonable manner, and by the sudden death of the reporter has been denied the use of a stenographic transcript for use on appeal, it appears that the conditions described in Code of Civil Procedure, section 953e, are present and that under the circumstances here existing a denial of the new trial provided for in that section must be deemed unreasonable. “The respondent’s principal contentions, as contained in a supplementary brief, are that a reporter’s transcript was not needed, and that appellant exercised no diligence and has shown no good cause for the relief-asked. In this connection it is asserted that ‘defendant took no steps to secure a record under the provisions of Rule 4(e) on appeal.’ Such rule provides that ‘If, without fault of the appellant, the reporter refuses or becomes unable or fails to transcribe all or any portion of the oral proceedings designated by the par”
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.