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← 310 SO2D 57 - Howarth Trust v. Howarth

Howarth Trust v. Howarth’s Empirical Analysis

1975

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1990
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 125 So. 2d 889 - Fish Carburetor Corp. v. Great American Ins. 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “principle function [of which] is to avoid the time and expense of a useless trial if it clearly appears from the pleadings, affidavits, depositions and other evidence in the record that there is no genuine issue of any material fact, and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”
    3 later decisions 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.