Caylor v. Casto’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently November 1993
19 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 Brashear v. Rabenstein · Coffeyville Mining & Gas Co. v. Carter · Smith v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · Moffatt v. Fouts · Stewart v. Rogers
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As opening statements of counsel are generally no more than outlines of anticipated proof and not intended as a complete recital of the facts to be produced on contested issues, a judgment should not be entered on such statements unless they are understandingly and completely made and the facts so stated absolutely preclude a recovery or a.proposed defense.” (Syl. ¶ 1.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Speer v. Shipley““Opening statements, being permissive and not obligatory, may be brief or full and complete. No judgment should be entered on the opening statements of counsel unless it clearly appears that such statements are knowingly and completely made, and disclose facts which absolutely preclude a recovery by one party and compel a judgment for the other.” (p. 819.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Speer v. Shipley
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.