Lance v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1969
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Ward · McIntire v. Burns · Hazelrigg Trucking Co. v. Duvall · Sanders v. C. P. Carter Const. Co. · Gibson Oil Co. v. Westbrooke
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is the duty of the trial court in instructing the jury on its own motion to instruct upon the decisive issues raised by the pleadings and evidence in the case; but where the trial court does in a general way in its instruction instruct as to all of such issues and either party desires a more specific instruction as to any of such issues it is his duty to request such an instruction. In the absence of such request the court is not required to do so.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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