Russell v. Irby’s Empirical Analysis
1848
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently October 1975
23 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.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether negligence so gross as to indicate an entire recklessness, or indifference to the rights of another, would be a substitute for actual knowledge, or authorize its implication, need not be considered. . . .” ( 13 Ala. at 135 )”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ ‘The general tenor of the statute is such, as wholly to preclude the idea that it was designed to apply to unintentional trespasses.’ This latter remark applies with equal justness to our statute.” ( 13 Ala. at 135 )”
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.