Middleton v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1988
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 174 So. 2d 189 - Veillon v. Sylvester · Ponthieu v. Coco · Hopper v. Ross · 71 So. 2d 410 - Brown v. Lambert · Wilkins v. Nugent
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) That there was an act; (b) That the act was done by defendant; (c) That this act by defendant caused plaintiff’s damage; (d) That the damage was occasioned by defendant’s fault.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crochet v. Eaglin
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.