Schier v. Denny’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elmer v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · State Ex Rel. Volden v. Haas · Luby v. Bennett · Myhre v. Hessey · International Union, United Automobile Workers, Local No. 386 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] cause of action for malicious prosecution is not stated by a complaint which does not allege interference with either the plaintiffs person or his property inflicting special damages to him, and an allegation that plaintiff incurred expense in defending himself against the prosecution alleged to be malicious is not an allegation of such special damage within the contemplation 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.