Heher v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jacob v. Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus · Brown v. Garcia · Weiss v. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey · Heher v. Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher and Brennan
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not permitted to have `the benefits of a covenant that is against public policy and unenforceable.'”
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.