Schultz v. Sollitt Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1947
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnowsky v. Helson · Schoepper v. Hancock Chemical Co. · Burghardt v. Detroit United Railway · Robinson v. Charles Wright & Co. · Redmond v. Delta Lumber Co.
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.
““While the accident alone is not evidence of negligence, the accident itself, together with the surrounding circumstances and legitimate inferences, may establish negligence.” '”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pappas v. Parsons
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.