Palmitessa v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 1974
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jordan v. Portland Coach Co. · Bragdon v. Shapiro · Jannell v. Myers · Sanborn v. Stone · Witham v. Quigg
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Uncontroverted and undisputed physical facts may completely override the uncorroborated oral testimony of an interested witness which is completely inconsistent with those physical facts, and natural and physical laws have universal application anl may not be disregarded.” Jordan v. Portland Coach Company, 150 Me. 149, 158 , 107 A. (2nd) 416.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Martin v. Deschaine
How this case has been treated — in progress
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