426 So. 2d 832 - Ex Parte Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on A. A. Spurlin, Surviving Parent of Douglas J. Spurlin, a Minor, Deceased v. General Motors Corporation · Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc. v. Sealy · 410 So. 2d 5 - Casey v. Jones · Hanson v. Couch · Union Camp Corporation v. Blackmon
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is the law in Alabama that the same standard applies to both a motion for a directed verdict and a motion for JNOV,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Marion v. Hall
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.