Mitchell v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the purpose of summary judgment \is not to cull out the weak cases from the herd of lawsuits waiting to be tried\ and further stating that \only if the case is legally dead on arrival should the court take the drastic step of * * * granting summary judgment\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Estate of Giuliano v. Giuliano
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-06-20· cited 86×
• Gliottone v. Ethier
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-03-14· cited 38×
• Tierney v. Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-03-28· cited 30×
• Rodrigues v. DePasquale Building & Realty Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2007-06-22· cited 22×
• Stephenson v. Stephenson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-12-12· cited 13×
• In Re Estate of Walker
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-01-12· cited 10×
• Cheaters, Inc. v. United National Insurance
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-04-10· cited 10×
• Argelis Pichardo v. Julie Stevens
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-11-27· cited 9×
• Jones v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-08-22· cited 7×
• DuBOIS v. QUILITZSCH
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-06-24· cited 6×
• Walker v. Department of Children & Families
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2013-12-03· cited 5×
• Barbara A. Voccola and Edward R. Voccola, in their capacities as Co-Executors of the Estate of Edward E. Voccola v. Patricia A. Forte
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2016-06-13· cited 4×
• Gregory Coogan v. Cheryl Nelson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-06-16· cited 3×
• Southcross Commerce Center, LLP v. Tupy Properties, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2009-06-16· cited 2×
• Jo-Ann Albanese v. Town of Narragansett
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2016-03-07· cited 2×
• Clayton v. Biltrate
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-07-29
• Downs v. 3m Company, Pc
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2007-10-16
• Drs. Pass v. Neighborhood Health Plan
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2009-05-05
• Struck v. Cady, 98-1011 (2003)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2003-06-27
• Brandt v. A.W. Chesterton Company
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-05-09

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright v. Bloom
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-04-20· cited 72×
• Superior Boiler Works, Inc. v. R.J. Sanders, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-04-29· cited 68×
• Doe v. Gelineau
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1999-06-11· cited 60×
• Blanchette v. Blanchette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-09-19· cited 52×
• Nichols v. R.R. Beaufort & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1999-03-10· cited 34×
• Bielecki v. Boissel
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-07-14· cited 15×
• Robinson v. Delfino
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-04-03· cited 14×
• Wyman v. Wyman
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-01-26· cited 8×
• Nogueras v. Song Ling
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-06-03· cited 5×