Smith v. Daniel Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cates v. Hunt Construction Co. · Alexander v. Hunnicutt, Sheriff · Parrott v. Barfield Used Parts · Powers v. Powers · Bowen v. Chiquola Manufacturing 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen the court is asked to follow the line marked out by a single precedent case it is not at liberty to place its decision on the rule of stare decisis alone, without regard to the grounds on which the antecedent case was adjudicated.... An original case could not possibly gain authority by a mere perfunctory following on the principle of stare decisis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McLeod v. Starnes
How this case has been treated — in progress
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