Criss v. Bitzegaio’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently February 2005 · most notably GKC Indiana Theatres, Inc. v. Elk Retail Investors, LLC. (2002), Dotlich v. Dotlich (1985)
39 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 Huff v. Travelers Indemnity Co. · Shideler v. Dwyer · Ayr-Way Stores, Inc. v. Chitwood Ex Rel. Chitwood · 174 Ind. App. 439 - Bassett v. Glock · 168 Ind. App. 159 - Letson v. Lowmaster
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the party having the burden receives a negative judgment by the trier of fact, we will not disturb that judgment if there is any evidence to support it or a reasonable inference to be drawn from any evidence in favor of it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“constructive trusts are creatures of equity, imposed to do justice. As equitable creations, they are not governed by the parol evidence rule, statute of frauds or any other rules of law pertaining to express trusts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Given v. Cappas“the policy in this state is liberally to allow the amendment of pleadings, and leave to amend should be given unless the amendment will result in prejudice to the opposing party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Geels
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.