Shafer’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
Relationships
Relies on Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa · International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell · Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A. · Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · Johnson v. Manhattan Railway 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]hat weight of proof which produces in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief or conviction as to the truth of the allegations sought to be established, evidence so clear, direct and weighty and convincing as to enable the fact finder to come to a clear conviction, without hesitancy, of the truth of the precise facts of the case.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Acosta · In Re Benefield
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.