Brown & Root, Inc. v. Haddad’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
128 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably Buck v. Savage (1959), 42 So. 2d 361 - Stevens v. Duke (1949)
128 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 Jamison v. Dooley · Olschewske v. Priester · International & Great Northern Railroad v. Addison · Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. Haberlin · Haddad v. Brown & Root, Inc.
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A general objection to evidence as a whole, whether it be oral or documentary, which does not point out specifically the portion objected to, is properly overruled if any part of it is admissible.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * We do not find it necessary to consider the merits of the assignments raising these questions, for the reason that all of the issues relating to primary negligence of defendant were answered in their favor, and therefore, any error in the manner of submitting issues as to contributory negligence of the deceased are immaterial. No other judgment than the one in favor of petitioners could have been rendered by the trial court on the verdict, and the errors, complained of, if any, are therefore harmless.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“All accident reports made by persons involved in accidents, by garages, or peace officers shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the department or other State agencies having use for the records for accident prevention purposes, except that the department may disclose the identity of a person involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident. Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St. art. 6701d.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Menard v. Acevedo
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.