Smith v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 1966
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on A. & A. Taxicab Co. v. McCain · Kurn v. Thompson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The discretion-of the trial court in granting a new trial is so broad that its action in so doing will not be disturbed on appeal unless the record shows clearly that the . court erred in its view of .some unmixed question of law or has acted arbitrarily or capriciously.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.