Nelson v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Futch v. McAllister Towing of Georgetown, Inc. · Payton v. Kearse · McCourt by and Through McCourt v. Abernathy · Gooding v. St. Francis Xavier Hospital · Whiteside v. CHEROKEE CTY. SCHOOL DIST.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To be competent to testify as an expert, 'a witness must have acquired by reason of study or experience[,] or both[,] such knowledge and skill in a profession or science that he is better qualified than the jury to form an opinion on the particular subject of his testimony.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Andrews“Qualification depends on the particular witness' reference to the subject.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Andrews
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.