Elder v. Norton’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2005
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 629 So. 2d 817 - Kozel v. Ostendorf · 703 So. 2d 1095 - Walicki v. Waste Management, Inc. · Pena v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he trial court abused its discretion in dismissing [the plaintiff's] claim absent evidence indicating [the plaintiff] assumed an active role in abusing the discovery process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We see no utility in punishing a faultless plaintiff when his or her attorney is solely responsible for the abusive conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ham v. Dunmire“demonstrat[ing] that Elder ha[d] played an active role in abusing the discovery process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ham v. Dunmire
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.