Smith v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently February 2010 · most notably 41 Ill. App. 3d 894 - Third Swansea Properties, Inc. v. Ockerlund Construction Co. (1976), 37 Md. App. 544 - Weems v. Nanticoke Homes, Inc. (1977)
1 federal appellate · 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.
Relationships
Relies on Checkley v. Illinois Central Railroad · Deming & Co. v. Merchants' Cotton-press, etc., Co. · 55 So. 2d 575 - Jackson v. Florida Weathermakers · 4 Wis. 2d 80 - Miller v. Kujak · Glens Falls Ins. Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is never presumed that a contract is intended to protect one against his own negligence, and hence, unless it clearly so states, the courts hold that such was not the intention. Annotation 175 A.L.R. 8 ; Jackson v. Florida Weathermakers, Fla. 1951, 55 So.2d 575 . * * *" [Emphasis added.] 142 So.2d at 141 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was to prevent ... a subro[]gation suit. The contract contemplated the shifting of any risk ... from damage by fire to an insurer, irrespective of negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“entire structure on which the work of this contract is to be done, ... including items of labor and materials connected therewith,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.