Downs v. Lyles’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 547 So. 2d 870 - West v. Founders Life Assur. Co. of Florida · 598 So. 2d 1350 - Carter v. Henderson · White Sands Group, LLC v. PRS II, LLC · Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. v. Crawford · Ricwil, Inc. v. S.L. Pappas and Co., Inc.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Punitive damages are ... available to a plaintiff in a trespass action, even if only nominal damages are awarded, ‘if the trespass is attended by rudeness, wantonness, recklessness or an insulting manner or is accompanied by circumstances of fraud and malice, oppression, aggravation, or gross negligence.’ Rushing [v. Hooper-McDonald, Inc.], 293 Ala. [56,] 61, 300 So.2d [94,] 98 [ (1974) ].””
2 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.