26 Conn. Super. Ct. 142 - Mitchell v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently November 1999 · most notably Elmore v. American Motors Corp. (1969), West v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, Inc. (1976)
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 30 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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 Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 32 Ill. 2d 612 - Suvada v. White Motor Co. · Santor v. a & M KARAGHEUSIAN, INC. · Schipper v. Levitt & Sons, Inc.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The search for correct principles to delineate manufacturers' responsibility to consumers has found expression in the doctrine of tort and strict liability. * * * * * * "The public policy which protects the user and consumer should also protect the innocent bystander. * * * There seems to be no sound public policy to bar a trial upon the issues raised in the complaint." 214 A.2d at 697, 699 .”
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.