Cyrilla Murphy and George H. Murphy v. Harold L. Dyer’s Empirical Analysis
409 F.2d 747 · 1969
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently July 1999 · most notably Carson v. Maurer (1980), Milone v. Moceri Family, Inc. (1988)
20 federal appellate · 5 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 Sunkist Growers, Inc. v. Winckler & Smith Citrus Products Co. · State ex rel. Markley v. Baldwin · Brune v. Belinkoff · Volasco Products Co. v. Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. · 73 Wash. 2d 476 - Douglas v. Bussabarger
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Likewise the plaintiff made no showing that the standards of administering a spinal anesthetic would be the same for a certified obstetrician as for a certified anesthesiologist... . [ 409 F.2d at 749 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Griego v. Grieco“`standard practice in one community may vary to another community * * *' `the general principal [sic] of administering [a spinal anesthetic] are generally adhered to and fairly well established.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Griego v. Grieco“not whether he was a renowned expert but whether, as such, he was familiar with the standards of practice and particularly the techniques employed in Colorado Springs or similar communities.”
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.