Steele v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Berry v. Gordon · Gregory v. Walker · M. L. Sigmon Forest Products, Inc. v. Scroggins · Escher v. Morrison
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We decline to give such a limited interpretation to the statute because the literal interpretation does not give effect to the legislative intent. It is the duty of this Court to give effect to the intent of the General Assembly, even though the true intention, though obvious, has not been expressed by the language employed when given its literal meaning. Berry v. Gordon, 237 Ark. 547 , 376 S.W. 2d 279 (1964). We conclude that a proper construction of the act renders it applicable to tenancies from year to year. [ 279 Ark. at 238 , 650 S.W.2d at 575 ]”
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.