English v. Hecht’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently June 1993
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on North Shore Hospital, Inc. v. Barber · 160 So. 2d 733 - Florida Investment Enterprises, Inc. v. Kentucky Co. · Newton v. Wall · Coggin v. Barfield · 168 So. 2d 183 - Evans v. Hydeman
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The opening of judgment is a matter of judicial discretion and in case of reasonable doubt, where there has been no trial on the merits, such discretion is exercised in favor of granting the application so as to permit a determination of the controversy upon the merits. English v. Hecht, App. 1966, 189 So.2d 366 . This rule is, implemented by exercise of sound judicial discretion as applied to facts and circumstances. Southern Title Research Co. v. King, App. 1966, 186 So.2d 539 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“due to mistake, inadvertence or excusable neglect”
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.