Jones v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stone v. Griffin Baking Co. of Greensboro, Inc. · Hines v. Parry · 28 Tex. Civ. App. 405 - Palm v. Chernowsky · Curry v. Willson · Hilton Head Island Realty, Inc. v. Skull Creek Club
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.
“(1) the contact was made in an effort to influence the juror by or on behalf of a party in whose favor the verdict was rendered or; (2) the contact was such as would obviously influence the juror or; (3) the trial judge finds the contact either influenced or probably influenced the juror.”
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.