In Re Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Mills v. Green · Securities & Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights · M. A. P. v. Ryan · Lake v. Cameron
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.
“once a new order determining the status of a committed mental health patient is in effect, it supersedes any prior order on the same matter and renders moot an appeal from the prior order, unless there are collateral effects from the prior order resulting in prejudice to the patient.” In re Smith, 880 A.2d 269, 275-76 (D.C.2005). But although we harbor some doubt on the question, we are not prepared to say that there is”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. In re Edmonds
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.