Branham v. Stewart’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Security Industrial Bank · Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. · Bob Hook Chevrolet Isuzu, Inc. v. Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet · Leyba v. Whitley · Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles v. Carneyhan
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“generally embrace[s] the idea that although legislation may only apply prospectively, judicial decisions generally apply retroactively.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to make application of a holding prospective only[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.