Bull v. Manning’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently November 2009
8 federal appellate · 12 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 Hill v. Wilson · Collier v. Citizens Coach Co. · Hartsock v. Forsgren, Inc. · Van Dalsen v. Inman · Kealy v. Lumbermen's Mutual Ins. Co.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'cause which, in a natural and continuous sequence, produces damage and without which the damage would not have occurred.' A.M.I. 501.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““A motion for summary judgment is similar to a motion for directed verdict, in that the testimony must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party resisting the motion, and if there is any doubt whether a factual question exists, motion for summary judgment should be denied. Van Dalsen v. Inman, 238 Ark. 237 , 379 S. W. 2d 261 ; Keely v. Lumberman’s Mutual Ins. Co., 239 Ark. 766 , 394 S. W. 2d 629 .””
2 later decisions 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.