Meekins v. Peyton’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Escobedo v. Illinois · Johnson v. State of New Jersey · Ferrell v. Beddow
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A judgment by a trial court on conflicting evidence has the force and effect of a jury’s verdict and is binding upon us unless plainly wrong or without evidence to support it. Ferrell v. Beddow, 203 Va. 472, 476 , 125 S. E. 2d 196, 200 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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