Smith v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
4
states following
January 2012
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bruner v. Yellowstone County · Motarie v. Northern Montana Joint Refuse Disposal District · Mead v. M.S.B., Inc. · Rumph v. Dale Edwards, Inc. · McCauley v. Thompson-Nistler
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.
“so decisive and conclusive as to indicate a clear intent to abandon”
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.