Plummer v. Little’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bertrand v. Board of County Commissioners of Park County · Walton v. State · McNichols v. City & County of Denver · City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners v. Gallegos · State v. Hartsough
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the act or omission of a public entity or public employee in the exercise and performance of the powers, duties, and functions vested in them by law with respect to the purposes of any public hospital....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sereff v. Waldman“an institution or place where sick or injured persons are given medical or surgical care.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sereff v. Waldman“in favor of victims injured by the negligence of governmental agents....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sereff v. Waldman
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.