Hardin v. Operating Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1947
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 2000
most recently cited
5 state decisions
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That a plaintiff must make out his case by a preponderance of evidence and with reasonable certainty is so well established that citation of authority for this proposition of law is unnecessary.”
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.