Pendergrass v. Salyer’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1949
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Dority · Southeastern Telephone Co. v. Payne · Southeastern Greyhound Lines v. Davis
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.
““* * * Obviously, Salyer made out no- case for damages for the permanent impairment of his power to earn money. The instructions should have been limited to-mental and physical suffering. ””
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.