Smith v. McBride’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
109
cited by 109 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
109 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Comer v. Risko · Colbert v. City of Cleveland · Sawicki v. Village of Ottawa Hills · Cramer v. Auglaize Acres · Lambert v. Clancy
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Summary judgment is appropriate when an examination of all relevant materials filed in the action reveals that”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Talbot v. Ward · Stevens v. Maxson“If any of the exceptions to immunity are applicable, thereby exposing the political subdivision to liability, the third tier of the analysis assesses whether any of the defenses to liability contained in R.C. 2744.03 apply to reinstate immunity.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The second tier of the analysis focuses on the five exceptions to immunity listed in R.C. 2744.02(B), which can expose the political subdivision to liability.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.