72 Cal. App. 4th 111 - Nelson v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 89 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 39 Cal. 3d 311 - Blank v. Kirwan · 2 Cal. 3d 557 - Denham v. Superior Court · 49 Cal. 2d 647 - Biakanja v. Irving · 18 Cal. 3d 335 - Goodman v. Kennedy · 1 Cal. 3d 93 - Jones v. H. F. Ahmanson & Co.
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 97 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, a prevailing party is entitled as a matter of right to recover costs in any action or proceeding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonably necessary to the conduct of the litigation”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“acknowledges the fundamental precepts that (1) the distinction between derivative and individual actions applies to limited liability companies as well as corporations, (2) that 'in determining whether an individual action as opposed to a derivative action lies a court looks at the gravamen of the wrong alleged in the pleadings,' and (3) that the principle that a shareholder may not recover individually for injury to the corporation applies equally to claims against third persons,”
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.