Jones v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
94 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Huffman v. Hair Surgeon, Inc. (1985), Shumaker v. Oliver B. Cannon & Sons, Inc. (1986)
94 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. Rogers · Smith v. Ford Motor Co. · State Auto Mutual Ins. v. Chrysler Corp. · Shelak v. White Motor Co. · Scott & Fetzer Co. v. Dile
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘One of the purposes of the Rules of Civil Procedure is to eliminate surprise. This is accomplished by way of a discovery procedure which mandates a free flow of accessible information between the parties upon request, and which imposes sanctions for failure to timely respond to reasonable inquiries.’ ””
9 later decisions quote this exact passage““A party is under a duty seasonably to supplement his response with respect to any question directly addressed to * * * (b) the identity of each person expected to be called as an expert witness at trial and the subject matter on which he is expected to testify.” (Emphasis added.)”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“is to prevent surprise to either party at the trial or to avoid hampering either party in preparing *Page 5 its claim or defense for trial. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.