Williams v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1863
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1936
most recently cited
3 state decisions
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The instruction given for the defendants was palpably wrong. Even in a criminal case there must be a reasonable doubt to acquit the defendant, and the principle has no application to a civil case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.