Seaboard Ice Co. v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently October 2009 · most notably 59 Cal. 2d 97 - Casey v. Proctor (1963), Williams v. Glash (1990)
36 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 Griscom v. Childress · Clay v. Landreth · First National Exchange Bank v. Roanoke Oil Co. · Millman v. Swan · Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke Co. v. Graham
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““it is difficult to formulate fixed rules relating to the avoidance of a release of a claim for personal injuries on the ground of mistake. There are so many factors to be considered that general rules are likely to be inaccurate or misleading. Each case must be determined under the particular circumstances attending the formulation and execution of the contract. * *” 199 Va. at 251 , 99 S.E.2d at 726 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cotman v. Whitehead““The material facts clearly and conclusively show that the minds of the parties did not meet upon the understanding that the consideration mentioned in the release was intended to be in full settlement of the releasee’s liability.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Page v. Means
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.