Bennett v. Staten’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1977
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Smith · Murphy v. Clayton · Newark Gravel Co. v. Barber · Layes v. Harris · Cain v. Songer
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“í < * * * only when there is evidence tending to prove that the injury resulted from .some cause other than the negligence of the parties.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Norman v. Gray
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.