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Adolphus M. Sanderlin v. Gary K. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

373 F.2d 447 · 1967

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1996
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Yeary v. Holbrook · Watford v. Morse · Cook v. Basnight · State Of Maryland v. Baltimore Transit Company · George Willis, Iii, Administrator D.B.N. Of Estate of Jacob Willie Bell, Deceased v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Corporation

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “since both parties had offered evidence, the issue of negligence [or unseaworthiness] was for [the jury's] determination without the added weight of any presumption.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “use of the word `presumption' in a [jury] charge is so likely to carry with it an implication of artificial evidentiary value that it ought to be avoided”
    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.