Lyons v. Duncan’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Murphy v. Erwin-Wasey, Inc. · 10 Mass. App. Ct. 246 - Mongeau v. Boutelle · 13 Mass. App. Ct. 158 - Burtner v. Burnham · Zora Enterprises, Inc. v. Burnett · Fafard v. Lincoln Pharmacy of Milford, Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 12(b)(9) provides for the dismissal of a second action in which the parties and the issues are the same as those in a prior action still pending in a court of this Commonwealth. The rule prohibits the long-barred practice of claim-splitting.”
3 later decisions 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.