Collins v. Wetherbee’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. · Vandersluis v. Weil · Seals v. Hickey · E. M. Loew's Enterprises, Inc. v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees · Expressway Associates II v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp.
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.
“[T]he relation between the amount of special damages and the amount of damages awarded does not control the question of the excessiveness of the award.”
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.