Morris v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cable v. Commonwealth · Viney v. Com. · Jackson v. Commonwealth · Avent v. Commonwealth · Barrett v. Com.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is culpable or criminal when accompanied by acts of commission or omission of a wanton or willful nature, [2] showing a reckless or indifferent disregard of the rights of others, under circumstances reasonably calculated to produce injury, or which make it not improbable that injury will be occasioned, and the offender knows, or is charged with the knowledge of, the probable result of his acts.' Id. at 611-12 , 195 S.E. at 681 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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