Leonard v. Walthall’s Empirical Analysis
143 F.3d 466 · 1998
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Pennington · Little Rock Newspapers, Inc. v. Dodrill · Dalrymple v. Fields · Smothers v. Clouette · Twin City Bank v. Isaacs
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether, under Arkansas law, plaintiffs may recover damages for their alleged emotional distress resulting from defendant's negligent conduct, notwithstanding the undisputed fact that plaintiffs have suffered no physical injury or harm to a personal or economic interest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“claim of outrage . . . based upon allegations that her attorney mishandled her divorce and thus caused her temporarily to lose custody of her child,”
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.