Smith v. Hastie’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beall v. Doe · LaMotte v. Punch Line of Columbia, Inc. · Russell v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. · Holy Loch Distributors, Inc. v. Hitchcock · True v. Monteith
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One standing in a fiduciary relationship with another is subject to liability to the other for harm resulting from a breach of duty imposed by the relation.”
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.