Harrell v. Dodson’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently May 2013 · most notably Fincher v. Robinson Bros. Lincoln-Mercury (1991), 702 So. 2d 462 - Ex Parte Lumpkin (1997)
46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. J. D. Pittman Tractor Co. · Ray v. Montgomery · Brasher v. First Nat. Bank of Birmingham · 345 So. 2d 268 - Cashion v. Ahmadi
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There is no evidence the notation was pointed out to the Harrells in answer to some specific question. In fact, there is no evidence to provide a basis for attaching to that representation an implied underlying representation of material fact that the house was in excellent condition justifying reliance upon it as such rather than merely an opinion to the same effect. We therefore conclude the Harrells failed to adduce sufficient evidence to support a cause of action for misrepresentation or fraud based upon the notation in the multiple listing book.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“" 'Whether a given representation is an expression of opinion or a statement of fact depends upon all the circumstances of the particular case, such as the form and subject matter of the representation and the knowledge, intelligence and relation of the respective parties. The mere form of the representation as one of opinion or fact is not in itself conclusive, and in cases of doubt the question should be left to the jury.' "”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“As a matter of law, one can only be liable for concealing facts of which one has knowledge.”
5 later decisions 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.