Gilbert v. Vann’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1975
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vest v. Gay · Tyler v. Drennen · Pappas v. Alabama Power Company · State v. Ahaus · Jones v. Mullin
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * The court would be bound to read to the jury, not only the proposition of law stated in the charge, but also the written citations. The citations would not help the jury. * * *” ****** “We are of the opinion that refusal of a requested charge does not constitute error where, as here, the charge bears citation of authority.””
1 later decision 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.