Estes v. Estes’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
September 2016
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Frazier v. Bryan Memorial Hospital Authority · Wilson v. Kane · Hayes v. Eateries, Inc. · Chouteau v. Chouteau · Records v. Miles
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“will not treat a motion to dismiss as one for summary judgment where the parties were neither put on notice of the action nor given an opportunity to present applicable material and where there is no indication that the trial judge considered material outside the pleadings.”
3 later decisions 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.