Zaccardi v. Becker’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 10 district · 96 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 119 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Alan J. Cornblatt, PA v. Barow (1998), 266 N.J. Super. 222 - Hirsch v. General Motors Corp. (1993)
9 federal appellate · 10 district · 96 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 Lopez v. Swyer · Farrell v. Votator Division of Chemetron Corp. · Galligan v. Westfield Centre Service, Inc. · Carlsen v. Masters, Mates & Pilots Pension Plan Trust · Peloso v. Hartford Fire Insurance 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 119 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[s]ince dismissal with prejudice is the ultimate sanction, it will normally be ordered only when no lesser sanction will suffice to erase the prejudice suffered by the non-delinquent party, or when the litigant rather than the attorney was at fault.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] defendant's conduct is relevant to the availability of a statute of limitations defense.... [Here defendants] added to the delay while plaintiffs acted under the reasonable misapprehension that the defendants had agreed to the continuation of the case. In fact, defendants did not question the pendency of the lawsuit until plaintiffs moved to vacate the dismissal. Then for the first time defendants argued that plaintiffs' case had been dismissed with finality. This contention was inconsistent with defendants' conduct over the preceding year and a half. We believe defendants' counsel was under a duty to bring to the trial court's attention the fact that a case on the trial calendar had already been dismissed. Having thus significantly contributed to the delay in adjudicating this case, he cannot now claim on behalf of his clients that the case is stale and ought not to be heard.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A just accommodation of individual justice and public policy requires that in each case the equitable claims of opposing parties must be identified, evaluated and weighed. Whenever dismissal would not further the Legislature's objectives in prescribing the limitation, the plaintiff should be given an opportunity to assert his claim.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.