Lindia v. Nobles’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Trembley v. City of Central Falls · Walton v. Baird · Curtis v. Diversified Chemicals & Propellants Co. · Chester v. aRUSSO · Jackson v. Medical Coaches
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“dismiss any action for lack of prosecution where the action has been pending for more than 5 years, or, at any time, for failure of the plaintiff to comply with these rules or to proceed when the action is reached for trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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