Britt v. Merritt’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1957
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McCoy v. State · Sanders v. Humphries · 6 La. App. 382 - McVea v. Day · Gray v. De Bretton · Rhodes v. Jordan
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.
““A sheriff is not liable, nor is the surety on his official bond liable, in damages for personal injuries to a citizen, inflicted recklessly by a deputy sheriff, unless it was done in violation of an official duty or in an unfaithful or improper performance of an official act.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“unfaithful or improper performance of an official act”
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.