Collins v. Merrick’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
states following
June 1976
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schroeder v. Richardson · Johnson v. Soden · Kallail v. Solomon · Briney v. Toews · In Re Estate of Winters
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An appellate court will seldom set aside a negative finding of a trial court if the evidence is limited in quantity and its weight and credibility may be questionable, or if the evidence may be disregarded for any reason.” (Syl. ¶ 1.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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