98 Cal. App. 4th 1008 - Lopez v. Baca’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
41 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 25 Cal. 4th 826 - Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 6 Cal. 4th 666 - Ann M. v. Pacific Plaza Shopping Center · 26 Cal. 4th 465 - Merrill v. Navegar, Inc. · 33 Cal. 3d 211 - Tiernan v. Trustees of California State University and Colleges · 67 Cal. App. 4th 779 - Badie v. Bank of America
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an independent assessment of the correctness of the trial court's ruling, applying the same legal standard as the trial court in determining whether there are any genuine issues of material fact or whether the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (p)(2).) Once the moving party defendant meets its burden, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to show a triable issue of material fact exists. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (p)(2).) To meet that burden, the plaintiff”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we have an affirmative duty to consider all the evidence the parties tendered unless we find the evidence the trial court excluded was properly excluded under operative principles of the law of evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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