Graybeal v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Benjamin F. Shaw Co. v. Musgrave · 8 Smith & H. 395 - Home Ice Co. v. Franzini · Vester Gas Range & Mfg. Co. v. Leonard · 3 Smith & H. 179 - Diamond Coal Co. v. Jackson · McBrayer v. Dixie Mercerizing Co.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It seems to us that in a disputed question of fact under testimony of this hind, highly technical, that the trier of facts should be left free to adopt that view which is most consistent with reason and justice.””
2 later decisions 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.