Frankel v. Styer’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
October 1969
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Birch v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway · Estate of Taylor · Crider v. Moorhead
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.
““We agree with the defendant that ‘there is no such thing in the law of Pennsylvania as an action for wrongful death based on breach of warranty.’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“occasioned by unlawful violence or negligence”
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.