Ball v. Flora’s Empirical Analysis
1905
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
June 1942
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on McBerty v. Cook · Bechman v. Wood
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The process of taking judicial notice does not necessarily imply that the judge at the moment actually knows and feels sure of the truth of the matter submitted ; it merely relieves the party from offering evidence because the matter is one which the judge either knows or can easily discover.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Malcom
How this case has been treated — in progress
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