State v. Pearl’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hullum v. United States · State v. Stepney · State v. Rodriguez · Leatherwood v. Mississippi · Town of Brookfield v. Candlewood Shores Estates, 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he best evidence rule forces a party to produce the original writing, if it is available, when the terms of that writing are material and must be proved.”
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.