McCasland v. Prather’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8 district · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Lopez Ex Rel. Lopez v. Maez (1982), Vigil v. Arzola (1984)
8 district · 46 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 Conley v. Gibson · 1 Ill. App. 3d 635 - Kraftco Corp. v. Koblus · Jones v. International Union of Operating Engineers · International Erectors, Inc. v. Wilhoit Steel Erectors & Rental Service · Schultz & Lindsay Construction Co. v. State
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] complaint on breach of contract must allege: (1) the existence of a valid and binding contract; (2) the plaintiffs compliance with the contract and his performance of the obligations under it; (3) a general averment of the performance of any condition precedent; and (4) damages suffered as a result of defendant’s breach.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The purpose of a motion under 12(b)(6) is to test the formal sufficiency of the statement of the claim for relief; i.e., to test the law of the claim, not the facts that support it. [Citation omitted.] Also, in considering whether a complaint states a cause of action upon which relief may be granted, the court must accept as true all the facts which are pled. [Citation omitted.] Further, a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim is granted infrequently. [Citation omitted.] (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vigil v. Arzola
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.