Stall v. Christensen’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1985
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schleuder v. Soltow · Botz v. Krips · Sathrum v. Lee · Carter v. Western Union Telegraph Company · Pettit v. Nelson
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * [T]he court’s instructions should be construed as a whole, having in mind the evidence in the case. If the instructions so viewed convey to the jury a clear and correct understanding of the law, they must be upheld.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.