Gore v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Publix Drug Co. v. Breyer Ice Cream Co. · 7 Haw. App. 414 - Wong v. Panis · 11 Wash. App. 21 - Fite v. Lee · Kollodge v. State · 30 Utah 2d 451 - Crease v. Pleasant Grove City
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]ome definite act or threat not authorized by the process, or aimed at an objective not legitimate in the use of the process, ...; and there is no liability where the defendant has done nothing more than carry out the process to its authorized conclusion, even though with bad intentions. The improper purpose usually takes the form of coersion [sic] to obtain a collateral advantage, not properly involved in the proceeding itself. ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'misuse' of legal process for some purpose other than that which it was designed to accomplish.”
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.