Harvey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
September 1986
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Ala. App. 656 - McMurtrey v. State · 40 Ala. App. 101 - Robinson v. State · Wilson v. State · 22 Ala. App. 220 - Caughlan v. State · Tate v. State
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the pretense is not of itself absurd or irrational, or if he had not at the very time it was made and acted on, the means at hand of detecting its falsehood, if he was really imposed on, his want of prudence is not a defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“would put the burden upon Ingram [victim-purchaser] to have searched the records of Jefferson County before he could claim that he was defrauded by the appellant's statements.”
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.