Peterson v. Grattan’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
June 1999
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 38 Colo. App. 194 - University Hills, Etc. v. Mountain States, Etc. · Dobbs v. Sugioka · Klatka v. Barker · Baeza v. Remington Arms Co. · Houghtaling v. Davis
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence of a mere possibility that a condition may have existed is not sufficient to support a verdict.”
3 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.