Carlson v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Shrader (1994), Vanasse v. Ramsay (1993)
29 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co. · Martin v. Davis · Ætna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Yeatts · Invst Financial Group, Inc. v. Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. · Ryko Manufacturing Co. v. Eden Services
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[TJhis court has long recognized that 'default judgments are not favored in the law' and '[it is preferable that cases be tried on their merits'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Vanasse v. Ramsay · Rosty v. Skaj“(b) Separate trials-The court, in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, or when separate trials will be conducive to expedition and economy, may order a separate trial of any claim, cross-claim, counterclaim or third-party claim, or of any separate issue. ...”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““1. Whether the plaintiff will be prejudiced; 2. Whether the defendant has a meritorious defense; and 3. Whether culpable conduct of the defendant led to the default.””
2 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.