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← 80 MASSAPPCT 372 - Bartle v. Berry

Bartle v. Berry’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

12 district · 8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp. · Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc. · Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATES · Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “show an underlying tortious act in which two or more persons acted in concert and in furtherance of a common design or agreement.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “where such statements are made by an attorney engaged in his function as an attorney whether in the institution or conduct of litigation or in conferences and other communications preliminary to litigation.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “shields an attorney from civil liability to nonclients for statements made in the course of litigation.”
    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.