Mitchell v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis
1933
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
December 1942
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Robinson v. State · Allen Gravel Co. v. Yarbrough · Gulf, M. N.R.R. Co. v. Brown · Bear Creek Mill Co. v. Fountain · Wausau Southern Lumber Co. v. Cooley
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person or corporation is not required to use the latest and safest appliances and equipment. All that is required of such is to furnish a reasonably safe place and reasonably safe appliances, equipment, tools, etc.””
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.