229 So. 2d 128 - Deville v. Wilks’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 1978
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 147 So. 2d 745 - Oubre v. Judice · Robertson v. Palmer · Gallagher v. Taylor · 190 So. 2d 463 - Alexander v. McCray · 139 So. 2d 808 - Lamartiniere v. Gourney
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.
““The established rule is that a party who resorts to excessive violence and unnecessary force in repelling an assault, although initially acting in self-defense, becomes liable as an aggressor and is subject to an action for damages for assault and battery. Gallagher v. Taylor, 203 So.2d 773 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1967).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Geiger v. Hallmark
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.