Smith v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
June 2019
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hanna v. Plumer · Doe v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United · James · Southern Methodist University Ass'n v. Wynne & Jaffe
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where there is no D.C. common law on point, the courts of this jurisdiction are instructed to 'look to the law of Maryland for guidance' because D.C. common law is based on Maryland common law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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