360 So. 2d 708 - Martin v. Tapley’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alabama Mills, Inc. v. Smith · Tennessee Coal, Iron & Ry. Co. v. Kelly · 352 So. 2d 1130 - Hinrichs v. Tranquilaire Hospital · Comerford v. International Harvester Co.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"if one does an act which is legal in itself and violates no right of another, the fact that this rightful act is done with bad motives or with bad intent toward the person so injured thereby does not give the latter a right of action against the former."”
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.