Sumlin v. Sumlin’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
24 state decisions
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[A] trial court's broad discretionary authority under Rule 55(c) should not be exercised without considering the following three factors: 1) whether the defendant has a meritorious defense; 2) whether the plaintiff will be unfairly prejudiced if the default judgment is set aside; and 3) whether the default judgment was a result of the defendant's own culpable conduct."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Furthermore, this court has previously stated that ' "we can envision no species of case in which the 'strong bias' in favor of reaching the merits ... could be any stronger than in a case such as this involving custody of a minor child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wise v. Wise
How this case has been treated — in progress
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