Abney v. Wal-Mart’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In re American Airlines, Inc. · In re Dresser Industries, Inc. · Central Milk Producers Cooperative v. Sentry Food Stores, Inc. · Trust Corporation Of Montana v. Piper Aircraft Corporation · Spears v. Fourth Court of Appeals
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Without prior consent, a lawyer who personally has formerly represented a client in a matter shall not thereafter represent another person in a matter adverse to the former client: * * * (2) if the representation in reasonable probability will involve a violation of Rule 1.05; or (3) if it is the same or a substantially related matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that some substantive conversations between the former client and the attorney occurred which contained information relevant to the present litigation.”
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.