Hasty v. Rust Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis
726 F.2d 1068 · 1984
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 1997
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hicks v. Miranda · Mandel v. Bradley · Boswell, Inc. v. Harkins · Ellerbe v. Otis Elevator Co. · Sowders v. M.W. Kellogg 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“statute provides an absolute defense to a registered or licensed architect or engineer once more than ten years have passed since the substantial completion of any allegedly defective improvement to real property.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since article 5536a was enacted in 1968 and plaintiff's injury did not occur until 1982, plaintiff ... did not have a vested property right which comes within constitutional protection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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