Rainwater v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. State · Sims v. State · Avret v. McCormick · Chandler Exterminators, Inc. v. Morris · Wilkins v. Department of Human Resources
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[T]he law in Georgia does not require that only medical doctors be permitted to give testimony regarding a medical issue, but allows others with certain training and experience to testify on issues within the scope of their expertise.'”
1 later decision 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.