Miller v. Keating’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently August 2017
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 292 So. 2d 216 - LeBrane v. Lewis · 194 So. 2d 485 - Speziale v. Kohnke · Rush v. Town of Farmerville · 277 So. 2d 223 - Tabb v. Norred · 321 So. 2d 401 - Babineaux v. Lavergne
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The words `assists' and `encourages,' as used in Article 2324 of the Civil Code, contemplate acts performed pursuant to a conspiracy which cause injury or damage. (citations omitted) "If a conspiracy is conceived and executed and a private injury results, the person injured has a cause of action against all of the conspirators. The action is for damages caused by acts committed pursuant to a formed conspiracy, and all of the conspirators will be regarded as having assisted or encouraged in the performance of these acts. "We conclude, therefore, that defendant Guillet assisted or encouraged in the commission of the battery on plaintiff Miller, and that he is answerable, in solido, with the other defendants for the damage caused by that act."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"He who causes another person to do an unlawful act, or assists or encourages in the commission of it, is answerable, in solido, with that person, for the damage caused by such act."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“as used in Article 2324 of the Civil Code, contemplate acts performed pursuant to a conspiracy which cause injury or damage. Buras v. Machella, 172 La. 580 , 134 So. 751 (1931); Tabb v. Norred, 277 So.2d 223 (La.App. 3 Cir.1973), [ writ denied, 279 So.2d 694 (La.1973)]; Rush v. Town of Farmerville, 156 La. 857 , 101 So. 243 (1924). However, the 1987 amendment to LSA-C.C. art. 2324 rephrased the law in terms of”
2 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.