Riddell v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zeman v. Lufthansa German Airlines · McGill v. Wahl · Mathis v. Meyeres · Paskvan v. Mesich · Matter of Estate of McCoy
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In civil cases where the amount in controversy exceeds two hundred fifty dollars, the right of trial by a jury of twelve is preserved to the same extent as it existed at common law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he Alaska Constitution preserves a jury trial only for those causes of action which are legal, and not equitable in nature.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]ill contests are unknown to the common law and exist only as permitted by statute.”
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.