Cassady v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably Bulala v. Boyd (1990), Williams v. Commonwealth (1987)
5 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. Whittaker · T... v. T... · Neblett, Adm'r v. Hunter · Conrad v. Thompson · Carroll v. Sneed
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The jury or the court, as the case may be,. . . may award such damages as to it may seem fair and just. The verdict. . . shall include, but may not be limited to, damages for the following: 1. Sorrow, mental anguish, and solace which may include society, companionship, comfort, guidance, kindly offices and advice of the decedent; 2. Compensation for reasonably expected loss of (i) income of the decedent and (ii) services, protection, care and assistance provided by the decedent; * =i= *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Throughout the investigation, the presumption in favor of legitimacy is to have its weight and influence; and the evidence against it ought to be strong, distinct, satisfactory and conclusive____ The duty of the jury is to weigh the evidence against the presumption (of legitimacy,) and to decide according to the preponderance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]orrow, mental anguish, and solace which may include society, companionship, comfort, guidance, kindly offices and advice of the decedent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.