Hood v. Todd’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Benton v. Benton · Patterson v. Patterson · Seymour v. Presley · Folsom v. Rowell · American Cancer Society v. Estate of Massell
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On appeal from the denial of summary judgment the appellate court is to conduct a de novo review of the evidence to determine whether there exists a genuine issue of material fact, and whether the undisputed facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, warrant judgment as a matter of law.”
4 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.