30 Ala. App. 419 - Finklea v. Brunson’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ogburn-Griffin Gro. Co. v. Orient Insurance · Stephenson v. State · 26 Ala. App. 176 - Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Smalley · Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Smalley · Curb v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘We are not at all disposed to a strict construction of such rules, but are rather inclined to construe them liberally in favor of litigants who show substantial compliance with their terms. But we cannot permit them to be ignored or entirely disregarded, however innocently, for they were framed and adopted to facilitate business and be an aid to the court in its prompt and orderly disposition, a result in which the profession and those whom it represents are greatly interested.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bevis v. Roden
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.