Reese v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Insurance Co. of North America v. United States Department of Labor · Insurance Co. of North America v. United States Department of Labor · Smith v. West Virginia Oil & Gas Co. · 606 So. 2d 1341 - Ouachita Parish Police Jury v. AM. WASTE AND POLLUTION CONTROL CO. · Ouachita Parish Police Jury v. American Waste & Pollution Control Co.
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.
“[t]his provision shall be operative without formal order, but, on ex parte motion of any party or other interested person by affidavit which provides that no step has been timely taken in the prosecution or defense of the action, the trial court shall enter a formal, order of dismissal as of the date of its abandonment. . Louisiana jurisprudence has explained: [Abandonment that occurs when parties fail to take any step in the prosecution or defense of an action in the . trial court for a period of three years is operative without a formal order. La. C.C.P. art. 561(A). In other words, abandonment takes place by operation of law .... The formal order of dismissal merely recognizes that which already has occurred through operation of law ....”
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.